{"id":568464,"date":"2026-03-27T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/568464\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:58:14","slug":"malaysian-vessels-permitted-to-travel-through-strait-of-hormuz-countrys-pm-says-after-iran-talks-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/568464\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian vessels permitted to travel through strait of Hormuz, country\u2019s PM says after Iran talks | Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malaysia\u2019s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he had spoken to the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and other regional countries and that Malaysian vessels were now being allowed to pass through the strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a televised address, Anwar thanked Iran\u2019s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, for allowing the passage of Malaysian ships. \u201cWe are now in the process of releasing the Malaysian oil tankers and the workers involved so that they may continue their journey home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Malaysia, despite being an oil-producing nation, is highly dependent on the oil passing through the strait, with approximately 50% of the country\u2019s oil supply transported through the waterway.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us now, we are compelled to manage the situation because the effects of the blockade at the strait of Hormuz, the war, and the halted supply of oil and gas all have an impact on us,\u201d Anwar said.<\/p>\n

A trickle of cargo ships and tankers \u2013 most of them Iranian, but some from Thailand and China \u2013 have made it through the strait of Hormuz<\/a> since Iranian forces in effect blocked the crucial trade route in retaliation against US and Israel strikes.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a Thai oil tanker safely passed through the strait after diplomatic coordination between Thailand<\/a> and Iran. It was not required to pay to escape the blockade, a Thai official and the owner of the vessel said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Bangchak Corporation-owned tanker crossed the strategic waterway on Monday after successful talks between Thai foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow and Iran\u2019s ambassador to Thailand.<\/p>\n

At least two Chinese-owned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers have also reportedly transited through the strait. A Chinese-owned containership \u2013 the Newvoyager \u2013 also transited the waterway after making a payment to Iranian authorities, Lloyd\u2019s List reported.<\/p>\n

A Thai-flagged cargo ship that was hit by unknown projectiles in the strait earlier this month has run aground off Iran\u2019s Qeshm Island, Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Thailand said 20 crew members were rescued by the Omani navy, while three were missing after an explosion in the stern of the ship, Mayuree Naree, caused a fire in the engine room.<\/p>\n

The UK has in recent days offered to host an international security summit<\/a> to draw up a \u201cviable, collective plan\u201d to reopen the strait of Hormuz as economic fallout from the Iran<\/a> conflict continues.<\/p>\n

Defence chiefs have been discussing how they could unblock the vital shipping lane, through which about 20% of global oil supplies usually pass, as the impacts of the war continue to reverberate globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he had spoken to the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Turkey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-568464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}