Bobby Ghosh: Iran ‘Reminded Everybody’ It Can Disrupt Shipping Through the Strait

‘No owners of any shipping company is going to risk sending their ships through the straits‘

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GHOSH: “That’s exactly right. It’s companies and it’s insurance companies. If insurance companies are not confident that shipping can pass through the straits of hormuz safely, then they won’t insure those ships. And those ships are not insured. No owners of any shipping company is going to risk sending their ships through the straits. And what Iran did this week is just remind everybody who has their their, their, their finger on the trigger, who can make things very difficult for shipping on those trades. So, as you say, the president of the United States can say over and over again, the straits are open, we’re in charge. But Iran has demonstrated really who’s”

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