Iran Announces the Strait of Hormuz is Closed to the US & Israel | For Everyone Else, $2M Please!

A trickle of ships is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz under the auspices of the Iranians, with charges that they are paying $2 million apiece; meanwhile US and Israeli ships are excluded from the Strait, and it is not clear how the US and Israel will end this conflict. Contact What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: mercoglianosal@gmail.com 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Hormuz Update 02:14 Global Context of Persian Gulf Tankers 07:47 Iran's Announcement on the Strait of Hormuz 15:29 How does this end? Marine Traffic www.marinetraffic.com UKMTO JMIC Advisories https://www.ukmto.org/partner-product... EIA Gas Prices https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/ Iran Tells UN ‘Non-Hostile’ Ships Can Transit Hormuz, If They Coordinate With Tehran https://gcaptain.com/iran-tells-un-no... IRGC Commander: Iran Turns Back Containership in Hormuz as ‘Permission to Transit’ Policy Emerges https://gcaptain.com/irgc-commander-i... Iran Imposes $2M ‘Toll’ on Ships Transiting Strait of Hormuz https://gcaptain.com/iran-imposes-2m-...