{"id":52996,"date":"2026-05-13T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?p=52996"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:40:21","slug":"bimco-warns-abrupt-project-freedom-pause-complicates-hormuz-risk-calculus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/bimco-warns-abrupt-project-freedom-pause-complicates-hormuz-risk-calculus\/","title":{"rendered":"BIMCO Warns Abrupt \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 Pause Complicates Hormuz Risk Calculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Anatoly Menzhiliy\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>BIMCO Warns Abrupt \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 Pause Complicates Hormuz Risk Calculus<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest shipping association said the Trump administration\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>of \u201cProject Freedom\u201d has injected fresh uncertainty into an already volatile operating environment for commercial vessels trapped inside the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>In comments to gCaptain, BIMCO Chief Safety &#038; Security Officer Jakob Larsen said the short-lived U.S. effort briefly enabled a few U.S.-flagged of ships to exit safely, but emphasized that transits through the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with Iran still carried \u201csignificant risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChanges announced at short notice or changes that are surprising, such as the sudden suspension of \u2018Project Freedom\u2019, are a challenge for shipowners attempting to assess the risks and planning for leaving the Persian Gulf,\u201d Larsen said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ongoing disruption, Larsen said BIMCO members report that crews are continuing to cope \u201cmentally and practically\u201d with conditions in the Gulf, while shipowners remain able to secure fuel and provisions locally, albeit at elevated prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mh-source-attribution\">\n  <span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/bimco-warns-abrupt-project-freedom-pause-complicates-hormuz-risk-calculus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gcaptain<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Anatoly Menzhiliy\/Shutterstock<br \/>\nBIMCO Warns Abrupt \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 Pause Complicates Hormuz Risk Calculus<br \/>\nMike Schuler<br \/>\nTotal Views: 0<br \/>\nMay 6, 2026<br \/>\nThe world\u2019s largest shipping association said the Trump administration\u2019s<br \/>\nabrupt suspension<br \/>\nof \u201cProject Freedom\u201d has injected fresh uncertainty into an already volatile operating environment for commercial vessels trapped inside the Persian Gulf.<br \/>\nIn comments to gCaptain, BIMCO Chief Safety &#038; Security Officer Jakob Larsen said the short-lived U.S. effort briefly enabled a few U.S.-flagged of ships to exit safely, but emphasized that transits through the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with Iran still carried \u201csignificant risk.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cChanges announced at short notice or changes that are surprising, such as the sudden suspension of \u2018Project Freedom\u2019, are a challenge for shipowners attempting to assess the risks and planning for leaving the Persian Gulf,\u201d Larsen said.<br \/>\nDespite the ongoing disruption, Larsen said BIMCO members report that <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","c2c-post-author-ip":"2.217.156.155","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9007],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-maritime-security"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52998,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52996\/revisions\/52998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}