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The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that carries 20% of the world's oil — now has a new self-declared gatekeeper: Iran just launched an official authority claiming the power to permit — or deny — commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz. There's no international law backing that up — but there are missiles and mines. Here's what it means if you move cargo through the Gulf.🚢⚖️

Tehran’s Toll Booth: What the Persian Gulf Strait Authority Means for Shipping - Herd Law Firm Tehran has launched a formal permission regime over the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what it means for shipowners, operators, and seafarers — and why the legal risks may outlast the geopolitics. The Strait of Hormuz has always been a chokepoint — a narrow neck of water, barely 21 miles wide at its...

Gas prices have been on the rise 📈 But what's really behind it all?

Learn more about the importance of the U.S. cargo and freight shipping industry and how it affects our economy in our latest blog post.

The Jones Act Isn't Your Pump Problem - Herd Law Firm Every few years, high gas prices resurrect the same villains, but the math tells a different story. Rhythmic and reliable as the tides, here we go again. Gas prices rise, and right on schedule, someone proposes that the Jones Act is to blame and that a federal waiver would send prices tumbling. It h...