{"id":549574,"date":"2026-03-20T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549574\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:01:10","slug":"iran-developing-a-vetting-system-for-strait-of-hormuz-transit-report-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549574\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran developing a \u2018vetting system\u2019 for Strait of Hormuz transit: Report | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lloyd\u2019s List reports that ships could be allowed to pass through \u2018safe corridor\u2019 once they are approved by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n

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Iran is developing a new vetting and registration system for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as it transitions to a \u201cselective\u201d blockade of the strategic waterway, according to Lloyd\u2019s List.<\/p>\n

The maritime news and analysis service reported this week that several countries including India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China, are in direct talks with Tehran to transit through its territorial waters in the Strait.<\/p>\n

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Ships have been approved on a case by case basis, but a new vetting and registration system is reportedly under development by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Lloyd\u2019s said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShips hoping to use the pre-approved route are expected to have communicated extensive details regarding both the ownership of the vessel and destination of the cargo to the IRGC in advance of the transit. Those details are being communicated via a series of Iran-affiliated individuals operating outside of Iran,\u201d Lloyd\u2019s reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

This week, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Strait was \u201copen, but closed to our enemies,\u201d signalling a de-escalation from earlier remarks by the IRGC that any ship trying to transit the waterway would be set ablaze.<\/p>\n

Traffic through the Strait has plunged 95 percent since the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran three weeks ago, with major repercussions for global energy markets. About one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil transits through the Strait, which connects the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n

Maritime data indicates that a small number of ships have managed to transit<\/a> the Strait since the blockade began \u2013 mainly flagged to Pakistan, India or China \u2013 although numbers slowed more recently due to an increased risk of attack. Some ships have resorted to turning off their automatic identification system (AIS) while others have broadcast their Chinese credentials to Iranian authorities, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

A new \u201csafe\u201d corridor running through Iran\u2019s territorial waters has emerged in recent days, and at least nine ships have passed through, Lloyd\u2019s said.<\/p>\n

The maritime news service reported that one tanker is understood to have paid $2m for the right to transit, but it is unknown whether other vessels also paid fees.<\/p>\n

Alex Mills, an international trade and maritime law expert, told Al Jazeera that the new registration system offers a short-term solution for some countries, but it may not make economic sense in the long run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian proposal to allow ships which travel through Iranian waters, call at Iranian ports, and declare all cargo destinations is interesting. It runs counter to the long-running approach of \u2018going dark\u2019 when entering Iranian waters and poses additional security risks for vessels while the conflict is ongoing,\u201d Mills told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remain unconvinced this would enable vessels to operate due to insurance, operating safety and security, and existing sanction regimes, but as the conflict continues it might become a risk worth taking for some companies and vessels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if companies agree, insurers may not if they feel the risk is still too high, offering a financial disincentive to global shipping companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout operating companies feeling confident and seeing economic benefits to travel this route, ships won\u2019t move,\u201d Mills said. \u201cMaritime supply chains are planned months in advance so even if it opens tomorrow, the adjustments to routes, bookings, and orders are already locked in. This isn\u2019t something where firms simply turn the ship around. The impacts are baked in already.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lloyd\u2019s List reports that ships could be allowed to pass through \u2018safe corridor\u2019 once they are approved by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,5897,1259,44,74900,41,39,42,40,206083],"class_list":["post-549574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-shipping","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}