European Nations Accept Fees for Hormuz Transits as Shipping Traffic Recovers

Leading European powers now accept that ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz will have to pay fees to Iran and Oman, ZeroHedge reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Two of those people described some form of service fee as a given in private deliberations following the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran.

-allied Oman are moving forward with plans to collect payment despite public American objections, according to an Iranian official and four diplomats cited in the reporting. Oman's official position rejects tolls and instead uses language of necessary environmental and navigational administrative fees.

Shipping traffic through the strait has recovered to an average of 40 vessel crossings per day, ZeroHedge reported, citing Kpler data.

Vessels use both the Omani channel to the south and a channel through Iranian waters to the north, with inbound and outbound traffic sharing routes at a rate of about 60 transits a day. Some ships continue without activating AIS systems, making exact volume harder to measure. Iran is preparing a multi-day funeral for the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that begins July 4, 2026.

A Qatar-Pakistan statement said the parties agreed to continue discussions at the earliest possible time after the funeral processions of the former Iranian Supreme Leader. Other sources indicated a diplomatic pause is in effect, along with a presumed halt in military action. -Israel bombing campaign and Iranian retaliation, according to regional accounts in the reporting.

Pre-war passage through the waterway involved no fees for vessels in legally recognized international waters.