— 🇮🇷/🇶🇦/🇦🇪/🇸🇦/🇰🇼 Alert: Kepler, the world's largest marine research company, suspects that certain oil-producing Gulf states are paying Iran 'passage fees' for safe passage of the Strait of Hormuz

— 🇮🇷/🇶🇦/🇦🇪/🇸🇦/🇰🇼 Alert: Kepler, the world's largest marine research company, suspects that certain oil-producing Gulf states are paying Iran 'passage fees' for safe passage of the Strait of Hormuz

Michel Brohard, Kepler's head of policy and geopolitical risk, says countries such as Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates may quietly pay 10 to 20 percent of the cargo value for ships that exit the strait safely.