Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz (photo credit: Jacques Descloitres | NASA)
01 Apr 2026by Georgios Georgiou
Shipping agents granting permission for transit outside the Strait of Hormuz via a “recommended course” have recently been observed in the case of bulk carriers exiting the passage amid highly constrained maritime traffic
A senior executive at a major Greek shipping company, whose bulk carrier recently transited the Strait, spoke to Riviera on condition of anonymity regarding the procedure.
The executive explained that the vessel had been stuck in the Gulf before the outbreak of the conflict, scheduled to discharge grain in Iran. The company then waited some weeks after the start of hostilities to assess how traffic conditions would develop.
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