{"id":95152,"date":"2026-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?p=95152"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:10:23","slug":"today-cargo-kept-moving-but-gulf-ports-now-face-a-network-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/04\/23\/today-cargo-kept-moving-but-gulf-ports-now-face-a-network-test\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: Cargo kept moving \u2014 but Gulf ports now face a network test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Good<\/strong><strong> morning, friends.<\/strong> The situation in Hormuz remains murky \u2014 some vessels are being targeted, while others pass through unscathed. Tehran <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-war-us-ceasefire-2026\" style=\"\">attacked three ships<\/a>, escorting two of them into Iranian waters, while US forces <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-intercepts-three-iranian-oil-tankers-asian-waters-sources-say-2026-04-22\/\" style=\"\">attacked<\/a> at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters, signaling that Washington\u2019s naval blockade is active despite its ongoing ceasefire with Tehran. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>In today\u2019s issue, we return to a thread we pulled on last month. <\/strong>We reported earlier in the conflict that the first phase wasn\u2019t about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/03\/05\/can-gulf-ports-outrun-geography\/\" style=\"\">efficiency \u2014 it was a simple question of access<\/a>: whether Gulf ports could be reached at all. But once carriers began repricing war risk and redrawing service strings, the narrative flipped. It was no longer about how or where cargo moves, but whether it keeps moving through the same ports. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Meet EnterpriseAM MENA+<\/strong>, our new flagship newsletter covering the flows of capital, people, and ideas across the Middle East \u2014 and beyond it. MENA+ covers AI and tech \u2014 and geopolitics, the war for talent, which BSD is on top (and who's gunning for them), the changing energy economy, new corridors to India and China, and much, much more. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What\u2019s with the \u201c+\u201d in MENA+?<\/strong> We think one of the most powerful stories in the region is the *export* of ideas and capital not just to neighboring regions (Asia, the Stans) but to international financial centers. MENA countries are jockeying for position in the new global economy now taking shape, and we're going to shape that conversation. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Tap or click <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sub.ent.news\/menaplus\/\" style=\"\">here<\/a><\/strong><strong> to get your own copy delivered to your inbox<\/strong> every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12pm UAE | 11am KSA | 10am Egypt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sub.ent.news\/menaplus\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/1016.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Watch this space<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a id=\"wwtt1\"><\/a>  <\/strong><strong>CHOKEPOINTS<\/strong><strong> \u2014<\/strong> <strong>Shipping executives are starting to get uncomfortable with <\/strong><strong>the tollbooth idea:<\/strong> Leaders from Mercuria and Gunvor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-22\/traders-warn-iran-tolls-risk-setting-global-trade-precedent?srnd=phx-industries-energy\" style=\"\">warned<\/a> that Iranian tolls on Hormuz risk hardwiring a new model into global shipping. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>It could be a role model:<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s really a dangerous precedent that\u2019s getting created here which undermines the right of innocent passage,\u201d Larry Johnson, global head of freight at Mercuria Energy Trading, said. \u201cIf chokepoints or waterways start getting tolled [\u2026] or threatened and it becomes a precedent [\u2026] then what\u2019s next? The Black Sea, the Danish Straits, Malacca, who knows?\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Pay-to-play: <\/strong>\u201cEssentially you\u2019re getting ransomed to pass the point,\u201d Andrew Jamieson, co-head of shipping at Gunvor\u2019s Clearlake Shipping said. \u201cWherever there is market structure or a chokepoint, you\u2019re just going to have the incentive to do that going forward, which is worrying,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The point here is:<\/strong> Wherever a chokepoint exists, the incentive now tilts toward monetizing access, not just controlling it. Once that behavior proves it can extract value, it invites replication. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI-<\/strong> We did a deep dive on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/04\/21\/can-tehran-enforce-passage-fees-in-hormuz-under-international-rules\/\" style=\"\">regulatory aspect<\/a> of monetizing passage through Hormuz, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/04\/20\/gulf-oil-exporters-weigh-working-around-the-workaround\/\" style=\"\">what that means for the Gulf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a> TRADE \u2014 The comprehensive economic partnership agreement between the <\/strong><strong>UAE and South Korea comes into force from 1 May<\/strong>, opening the door to easier trade flows and fewer barriers across key sectors, according to a Dubai Customs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/1109.pdf\" style=\"\">customs notice (pdf)<\/a>. Customs authorities are already moving to implement the agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What changes? <\/strong>Starting 1 May, most customs duties will be scrapped and restrictions across sectors including energy, resources, and advanced industries will be eased. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>REMEMBER- The agreement had been <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/11\/20\/this-morning-us-approves-nvidia-chip-exports-to-g42-uae-canada-investment-pact-on-the-way\/\" style=\"\">in the works for some time<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 with officials previously expecting it to come into force by the end of 2025 following final stages of negotiation. Both sides had also signed a series of cooperation agreements covering nuclear energy, oil and gas, investment, finance, and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a id=\"wwtt3\"><\/a> <\/strong><strong>SHIPPING<\/strong><strong> \u2014<\/strong> <strong>Washington<\/strong><strong> may keep the Jones Act waiver in place:<\/strong> The White House is weighing an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-22\/trump-weighs-shipping-waiver-renewal-to-ease-oil-gas-prices\" style=\"\">extension<\/a> to a 60-day waiver introduced last month, which allows foreign-flagged vessels to move oil and other goods between US ports. The move comes as Washington aims to keep domestic fuel supply flowing smoothly amid pressure on energy prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Data is on its side:<\/strong> Over 40 tankers have already taken advantage of \u2014 or are preparing to use \u2014 the Jones Act exemption, facilitating the transport of approximately 9 mn barrels of American crude to domestic markets, including California, Florida, and Alaska.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The waiver is a domestic fix for an external price shock: <\/strong>The waiver was introduced after the Iran war effectively shut Hormuz \u2014 and blew a 16 mn bbl \/ d hole into global energy flows \u2014 to keep more US crude and fuel moving to domestic refiners. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Market watch<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Oil<\/strong><strong> prices extended gains this morning as stalled US-Iran talks and ongoing Hormuz <\/strong><strong>trade restrictions kept markets on edge<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-prices-edge-lower-with-no-progress-us-iran-talks-hormuz-shipping-still-2026-04-23\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a> reports. Brent crude futures increased USD 1.37 to trade at USD 103.38 \/ bbl by 04.10 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained USD 1.52 to USD 94.48 \/ bbl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The Baltic Index builds on its gains: <\/strong>The Baltic Exchange\u2019s dry bulk index \u2014 which tracks rates for the capesize, panamax, and supramax vessel segments \u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/commodity\/baltic\" style=\"\">was up 1.3%<\/a> to 2,675 points on Wednesday. The capesize index 1.3% to 4,356 points, while the panamax index slipped 0.1% to 1,971. The smaller supramax inched up 2.8% to 1,484 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">PSA<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Maersk<\/strong><strong> rolls out a new PSS: <\/strong>Danish shipping firm is rolling out a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maersk.com\/news\/articles\/2026\/04\/20\/pss-indian-subcontinent-middle-east-to-us-east-coast-gulf\" style=\"\">peak-season<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maersk.com\/news\/articles\/2026\/04\/20\/pss-indian-subcontinent-middle-east-to-us-east-coast-gulf\" style=\"\">surcharge<\/a> (PSS) on cargo from the Middle East and Indian subcontinent bound for North America, effective 21 May. Charges range from USD 1k per dry container from Gulf and Levant origins to USD 1.8k on select India subcontinent-Houston routes, with south and east India at USD 1.5k and northwest India, Nepal, and Bhutan shipments to East Coast and Canada ports at USD 1.6k.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">   Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily   <\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"logistics\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\">Subscribe here<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>***<\/strong><strong>YOU\u2019RE READING EnterpriseAM Logistics, the essential MENA publication for senior <\/strong><strong>execs who care about the industry that connects producers and retailers to global markets. <\/strong>We\u2019re out Monday through Thursday by 9:15am in Cairo, 10:15am in Riyadh, and 11:15am in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>EnterpriseAM Logistics is available without charge <\/strong>thanks to the generous support of our friends at Hassan Allam Utilities and Transmar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Were you forwarded this email? <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/user\/news-letters\" style=\"\">Tap or click here<\/a> to get your own copy of EnterpriseAM Logistics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Want to send us a story idea<\/strong>, request coverage, ask for a correction, or otherwise get in touch? 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