Mr. Trump has said the passageway must be “permanently toll-free.” But Iran has said it plans to charge “fees” in exchange for unspecified “services” it provides there.
So definitely not a toll some other fee for providing some unspecified service…lol
“We’ve filled the strait with a hundred thousands autonomous smart drones programmed to blow up any vessel they see. However, we’ll rent you this encrypted transponder that will keep the drones away. We’re not charging a toll. We’re just offering our anti-drone services for a reasonable fee. We won’t force you to pay it, you’re perfectly free to try your luck in the Strait.”
NYT reporting this
So definitely not a toll some other fee for providing some unspecified service…lol
Possibly an ‘I won’t bloat up your dumb boat’ fee.
Possibly some form of insurance. “Be a real shame if someone were to lob a drone at your big, slow, expensive oil tanker…”
I can imagine the invoice.
Item Service Fee 1 Unspecified US$1,000,000“We’ve filled the strait with a hundred thousands autonomous smart drones programmed to blow up any vessel they see. However, we’ll rent you this encrypted transponder that will keep the drones away. We’re not charging a toll. We’re just offering our anti-drone services for a reasonable fee. We won’t force you to pay it, you’re perfectly free to try your luck in the Strait.”
“Protection”. Because you’ve got such a nice ship and it would be a real shame if anything were to happen to it…