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Will Trump's shipping insurance plan work? : The Indicator from Planet Money
Ships are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz thanks in part to insurance costs. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
More than a thousand ships are stranded outside the Strait of Hormuz, bobbing in the water.
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'We're powerless ... and hoping nothing hits us': trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates
Thousands of seafarers are trapped on tankers in the Gulf after the strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to shipping by the escalating war on Iran.