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How insurance could become a vital line of defence for Gulf shipping | The National

· By Omar Al-Ubaydli
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The current war demonstrated the bureaucratic dimensions to the closure of critical chokepoints: if insurance premiums can be made to rise sufficiently, travel through waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz can grind to a halt without the need to capture or sink vessels. This experience confirms the importance of a …

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