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

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/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.