Trump demands 20% fee on all cargo crossing the Strait of Hormuz
The International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, said “there is no legal basis through which to introduce mandatory tolls simply to transit through a strait,” according to CNBC.
James Kraska, a professor of international maritime law at the US Naval War College, told the network that mandatory tolls break international law, though he said a voluntary convoy that shippers could opt into would comply.
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said last month, “No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway,” Al Jazeera reported.
Iran rejected the plan.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, wrote on X that Tehran controls the strait, adding, “20 percent is of course too much. We will be fair,” Reuters reported.
