77 Ships Blacklisted, None Deterred: Inside Iran’s Failing Hormuz Toll Regime

At a Glance Operational Overview Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority opened in mid-May to oversee transits and toll payments through the Strait of Hormuz. It has since released three tranches of blacklisted vessel names, on August 24, September 2, and September 14. Windward analysis of all 77 vessels finds that every one used the “unauthorized”…