Tara Kangarlou

Cormac, thank you for being with us this morning.

I was reading about the straits this morning and there being a blockade within a blockade.

So can you give us any clarity as to what exactly is happening in the Strait of Hormuz?

So there is nothing moving there at the moment, is there?

Yeah, and we probably haven't seen the true impact of this yet, have we?

And are there vessels and crew stuck there for the last eight weeks?

There are thousands of people on those vessels, Cormac, as well.

How are they feeding them?

How are they looking after them?

And, you know, as you mentioned, there are some countries that have managed to get their ships out and they have paid tolls or bribes, as you have described.

Is that happening now or has all of that stopped in this new scenario?

So you're not going to budge, essentially.

So this is why, as you said at the beginning, it's the nightmare scenario, really, isn't it?

It's a mess.

It's an absolute mess.

Cormac, would you describe it so well?

Thank you very much for explaining it all to us.

Cormac McGarry there from Control Risks and Cormac is Director for Maritime Security.