The US Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ?the start of the war, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now…

The U.S. Navy has held regular ?briefings with shipping and oil industry counterparts and has said during those briefings it is unable to provide escorts for the time being, three unnamed shipping industry sources told Reuters. They added that the shipping industry has been making requests almost daily during the calls for naval ?escorts through the strait. One of the sources said the Navy’s assessment during Tuesday’s briefing had not changed and that escorts would only be possible once the risk of attack was reduced, which judging by images like the one below of a container ship in the Gulf today won’t happen any time soon.

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