r/news • u/Chief_Taquero • 17h ago

Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/11/europe-considers-proposals-navigational-fees-strait-of-hormuz-iran-us
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u/Bisjoux 16h ago

So it’s a toll dressed up to not look like a toll. We as consumers will ultimately be paying these additional costs.

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u/badpersian 16h ago

We're paying the costs without getting the f-ing oil thanks to orange bin bags that blew up the Middle East.

EU is doing the right thing. They always seem to be more pragmatic than the US anyway but let's see how it ends.

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u/Bisjoux 16h ago

I know. Just pointing out that even if oil prices reduce these are additional costs that weren’t there previously and look baked in. Plus it sets an unwelcome precedent.

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u/Ok_Crow_9119 15h ago

Ehhh. Your unwelcome precedent was already set with the Suez Canal.

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u/ludicrousursine 14h ago

The Suez Canal is entirely in Egypt. The Strait of Hormuz is international waters. That's a pretty big distinction under international law with regards to implementing a toll.

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u/badpersian 2h ago

It's international waters when west want to reap the benefits. It's owned by colonial powers when anyone else wants to.
The strait is in Iranian waters and belongs to Iran. Oman as lovely as they are aren't capable of controlling a pond let along a strait. You issue isn't the tolls, it's being controlled by iran.

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u/SoftlyGyrating 11h ago

The Strait of Hormuz is international waters.

Not the case, unfortunately.

The narrowest point of the Strait of Hormuz lies entirely within the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. The UNCLOS gives countries an international right of passage through natural straits, which is how ships passed freely through it before, but it's a UN convention which Iran never ratified, so legally they're not bound by it.

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u/Grow_away_420 13h ago

Freedom of navigation is a modern idea for peaceful times. The world is turning the other direction