GLOBAL ocean carriers have frozen bookings, imposed hefty emergency surcharges, and structured complex intermodal reroutings for Bahrain following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, according to carrier advisories.
The chokepoint shutdown, triggered by underwriters cancelling war-risk insurance for the inner Arabian Gulf, has forced lines to bypass Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) .
