Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the Iran-deal" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="117640" data-entity-type="event">US-Iran deal is “material”, the CEO of Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told the Financial Times in an interview published on Tuesday.The Iran-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="38748" data-entity-type="event">Iran war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes largely stopped shipping through the transit route for around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply, along with products such as aluminium and urea.Mitsui O.S.K., one of Japan’s big three shipping firms, has a fleet of more than 900 vessels, including bulk carriers, tankers and ferries.
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Shipowners hold off on Hormuz transit until US-Iran deal proves ‘material’
Shipowners are delaying resuming transit through the Strait of Hormuz for several weeks, according to the CEO of Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.
ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-16 · 05:33 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Shipowners are delaying resuming transit through the Strait of Hormuz for several weeks, according to the CEO of Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. This decision stems from a need for confidence that a US-Iran deal is "material." Shipping through the Strait, a vital route for approximately one-fifth of global oil and LNG supply, was significantly disrupted starting February 28 due to US-Israeli strikes, which also impacted the transport of products like aluminum and urea. Mitsui O.S.K., a major Japanese shipping company with a large fleet, is among those holding off on resuming operations.
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Mitsui O.S.K. has a fleet of more than 900 vessels.
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Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the US-Iran deal is 'material'.
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The Strait of Hormuz is a transit route for around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply.
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The Iran war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes, largely stopping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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