Tankers urged not to pay toll to Iran for use of strait (www.bbc.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 11 Apr 16:48
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 11 Apr 17:13 next collapse

Intertanko is saying this…

en.wikipedia.org/…/International_Association_of_I…

They’re third party shippers and if tankers have to pay, that’s their profits.

But the oil companies are gonna pay it anyways, be ause they get the increased profits from the price of oil.

yesman@lemmy.world on 11 Apr 17:31 next collapse

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marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today on 11 Apr 18:03 next collapse

‘international law’

Bro international law doesn’t exist. if it did the US would have been militarily eliminated in the 1800s and Israel would not have come into existence, period.

Oman and Iran, the two countries that border the straight want recompense for the international community’s failure to control the rabid dog that is the United States. That’s more than fair.

If you want tankers through their waters, which the straight is, then just pay. Otherwise stop buying avocado toast and paying for overland shipping to any of the other water ways.

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works on 11 Apr 18:47 collapse

I wonder if insurers already listed clauses to contracts protecting themselves from claims resulting in the destruction of tankers whose owners might choose to navigate through dangerous war zones.

And, if so, I would imagine the owners of those tankers would be well aware of this.