Da die USA nun die Straße von Hormus blockieren, liegt der Fokus darauf, wer den „Mut hat, zuerst durchzukommen“.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/13/with-the-u-s-now-blockading-the-strait-of-hormuz-the-focus-is-on-who-has-the-guts-to-go-through-first/
Da die USA nun die Straße von Hormus blockieren, liegt der Fokus darauf, wer den „Mut hat, zuerst durchzukommen“.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/13/with-the-u-s-now-blockading-the-strait-of-hormuz-the-focus-is-on-who-has-the-guts-to-go-through-first/
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Early on April 13, the oil tanker Rich Starry—loaded with Iranian crude and headed for China—made a dramatic U-turn. Instead of exiting the Strait of Hormuz, as it had planned, the ship joined a stationary flotilla of about 800 other vessels, including 400 oil and gas tankers, most of which have remained idle and stranded since late February.
“We have not seen any transits from tankers since the U.S. blockade began this morning,” said Claire Jungman, director of maritime risk and intelligence for Vortexa, while noting the abrupt turnaround of the Rich Starry.
As peace talks between the U.S. and Iran fell apart over the weekend—although back-channel communication continues—President Donald Trump decided the U.S. would initiate its own blockade over the watery choke point through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas typically flows.
Instead of Iran letting through almost 10% of the normal traffic through a financial tolling system, traffic has for now been reduced to zero as oil prices spiked back above $100 per barrel on April 13.
Oil forecaster Dan Pickering said the question now is, “Who’s going to have the guts to go through first?”
Read more: [https://fortune.com/2026/04/13/with-the-u-s-now-blockading-the-strait-of-hormuz-the-focus-is-on-who-has-the-guts-to-go-through-first/](https://fortune.com/2026/04/13/with-the-u-s-now-blockading-the-strait-of-hormuz-the-focus-is-on-who-has-the-guts-to-go-through-first/)
It’s about risk. Not even Lloyd’s of London would insure the tankers during the war. I’m not sure about now. Would have to make financial sense.
This article is good, but it misses specifying the „who“ in „Who has the guts to go first.“
It is not Iran, China, a shipping line, or ship’s captain: „who“ is which insurer, reinsurer, and financing chain is willing to underwrite the first transit.
This entire conflict is no longer about the US military and their ability to open and close the strait, and Iran’s ability to create enough asymmetric risk to do the same: it is about market confidence, namely insurers. Everyone is missing that. Certain Presidents can tweet and bluster, but as long as no insurer will insure ships that could be damaged, sunk, or confiscated, nothing commercial will sail.
Handing China her greatest PR moment in a century once she simply sails a vessel right through
Didn’t China already do it
It is incredible how fast our information zone is being flooded right now. Even at four hours old the news appears outdated by the time we see it.
NPR just reported at 1PM ET that US- sanctioned ships are passing through the US blockade. Other sources from the last hour quote the US regime in denying that ships have passed through. Conflicting reputable sources from the last hour are below as of 13:55 ET) –
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500005/npr-news-now (see top of 1PM ET edition)
Vs
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5830599-us-military-strait-of-hormuz-blockade/
China already sending their ships through..
U.S is a laughing stock on a leash
People forget one thing. The US benefits from high oil and gas prices. As someone put it the US has become the gas station of the World. Venezuela is shipping oil as well, and the money they make has to be spent on US products.