maritime
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For Ruben Nizard, head of political risk research at Coface, a trade credit insurance company, this crisis could also "throw another wrench into the works by driving up maritime freight costs" and pushing up inflation.
From Barron's
"We have been receiving coverage cancellations from certain insurers since yesterday morning," Gilles Legue, the head maritime insurer in France for the broker Marsh, told AFP.
From Barron's
At the center of those worries is the Strait of Hormuz — one of the most important maritime shipping routes in the world, which carries about one-fifth of the world’s seaborne crude oil.
From MarketWatch
That maritime chokepoint crucially allows cargo ships to pass from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, facilitating the production and flow of crude oil out of the Middle East.
From MarketWatch
The government of Qatar, one of the world’s biggest exporters of liquefied natural gas, urged shipowners to suspend maritime activities.
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