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EX500rider

(12,575 posts)

7. Canals & straights are different things entirely

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:47 PM

Monday

Canals are dug thru someone's country at great expense and the locks & pumps require maintenance.

The Straights of Hormuz are international waters beyond the 12 mile limit of Iranian territory.

They require zero maintenance other standard channel buoy's which I doubt are placed or maintained by Iran.

That'd be like the US trying to charge all ships that pass between Miami & Bimini in international waters.