Exclusive | Chinese shipowners' cargo vessels start using Iran's maritime "Safe Corridor" ( with video )

WealthCoffee · 2026-03-24T15:34:53+00:00

Iran's Strait of Hormuz "Safe Passage Corridor" allowed a Chinese-owned cargo vessel to transit for the first time on March 23. The ship is registered under the Panama flag and marked "CHINA OWNER." The "Safe Passage Corridor" bypasses traditional shipping lanes and extends into Iranian territorial waters, falling completely under Iranian jurisdiction.

WealthCoffee

2026-03-24 15:34:53

Abstract generation in progress

[Caixin] After Iran opened a “safe corridor” through the Strait of Hormuz for 10 days, the first Chinese-ship owner’s cargo ship has passed. In the early hours of March 23, the Panama-flagged container ship “NEWVOYAGER” transited the Strait of Hormuz via the “Larak-Gasham” waterway. The actual shipowner is a shipping company from Anhui Province, China, and the vessel was marked “CHINA OWNER” when passing through the strait. This is the first Chinese-ship owner vessel to use Iran’s “safe corridor” since March 13.

The so-called “safe corridor” does not follow the traditional route through the Strait of Hormuz but instead involves a detour northward around Larak Island and Gasham Island, entering Iran’s territorial waters and falling entirely under Iranian jurisdiction.

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