{"id":167828,"date":"2026-06-19T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167828\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:00:09","slug":"iran-waives-strait-of-hormuz-fees-during-60-day-peace-negotiation-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167828\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran waives Strait of Hormuz fees during 60-day peace negotiation period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/iran?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2060Iran<\/a>\u2019s \u2060Strait of \u2060Hormuz body said on Friday it would waive planned fees to use \u200cthe strait during a 60-day negotiation period under the memorandum of understanding signed with the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/united-states?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States<\/a> \u2060this week.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ships seeking passage through \u200cthe strait while the interim agreement was in \u200cforce must submit transit requests \u2060at \u2060least 48 hours before arrival, \u200cIran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority said \u200cin a \u200cnotice.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Iran will waive \u200cfees for security, safety, \u2060environmental services and related insurance during the \u2060period, while requiring vessels to coordinate routes and \u200ctransit times \u200cin advance due to areas affected by mines and to ensure safe navigation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A total of 25 commercial vessels crossed the newly reopened strait on Thursday, the highest number since mid-April, according to data from maritime tracking firm AXSMarine published on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ships waiting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz are seen from Musandam, Oman, on Friday. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9763e469-ba76-4693-90f8-ac652b4c3904_b41a4fe2.jpg\" title=\"Ships waiting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz are seen from Musandam, Oman, on Friday. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Ships waiting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz are seen from Musandam, Oman, on Friday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Thursday, \u201cwe observed 25 verified commercial vessel crossings through the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 the highest single-day count since April 18 and more than five times the average daily level recorded during the first 10 days of June\u201d, AXSMarine said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Iranian forces effectively closed off the strait after US and Israeli strikes sparked the war on February 28. Maritime authorities reported dozens of attacks on ships in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2060Iran\u2019s \u2060Strait of \u2060Hormuz body said on Friday it would waive planned fees to use \u200cthe strait during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[50467,22366,359,3673,34,361,37,29073,4451,39,101,51,153,36],"class_list":["post-167828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-axsmarine","tag-bimco","tag-gulf","tag-international-maritime-organisation","tag-iran","tag-iranian","tag-israel","tag-jakob-larsen","tag-lloyds-list","tag-persian-gulf","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116776666805218910","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}