As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period

Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period

Iran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been triggered by the signing of the memorandum of understanding.

Tehran, claiming a historic victory over the US, said the strait was under its control and a European plan for a naval mission to escort ships though the strait would not be welcome.

The warning came as the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, had said Israel “will maintain the security zone in south Lebanon as long as our security needs require it”, referring to the more than 600 sq km of Lebanese territory occupied by Israeli troops along the border.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      That is different because they’re not natural waterways. If you’re saying any country can say “these waters are mine pay a toll” it’s basically back to privateers.

    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      There is for the Panama Canal for sure. To be fair, it isn’t free to operate it, but at the same time there is a reason countries want to control waterways and it isn’t as an act of charity.

      The most expensive regular toll for canal passage to date was charged in April 2010, to the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl, which paid US$375,600.[127][128] The average toll is around US$54,000. The highest fee for priority passage charged through the Transit Slot Auction System was US$220,300, paid in August 2006, by the Panamax tanker Erikoussa,[129] bypassing a 90-ship queue waiting for the end of maintenance work on the Gatun Locks, and avoiding a seven-day delay. The normal fee would have been US$13,430.[130]

      The lowest toll ever paid was 36 cents, equivalent to $6.75 in 2025, by American Richard Halliburton who swam the Panama Canal in 1928.[131]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal