Bloomberg reported Iran had begun charging some ships transit fees for safe passage through the strait, with payments of as much as $2 million per voyage sought on an ad hoc basis. Some vessels reportedly paid, though the mechanism was unclear and payments did not appear systematic.
Computed, not asserted — every number here is derived from public data: official EIA Brent closes via FRED, IMF PortWatch transit counts, Polymarket and Kalshi odds, and source-linked curated events. Method and caveats · Atom feed · llms.txt