{"id":31193,"date":"2026-08-28T00:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=31193"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:31:02","slug":"it-is-well-known-that-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-not-merely-a-commercial-and-oil-shipping-route-it-also-serves-as-another-type-of-passage-what-then-is-that-other-passage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/it-is-well-known-that-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-not-merely-a-commercial-and-oil-shipping-route-it-also-serves-as-another-type-of-passage-what-then-is-that-other-passage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It is well known that the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a commercial and oil shipping route; it also serves as another type of passage. What, then, is that other passage?"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is well known that the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a commercial and oil shipping route; it also serves as another type of passage. What, then, is that other passage?<\/h5>\n
Haydari Nazar<\/h5>\n
26<\/h5>\n
\nThe shipping lanes within the Strait of Hormuz, rather than there being a \u201csecond\u201d secret strait or a separate passage exclusively for oil.<\/h5>\n
\nThere is a very important point here:
\n1. Shipping lanes for commercial vessels
\nThe Strait of Hormuz has a Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1968, at the initiative of Iran and Oman. It divides vessel traffic into opposing lanes to reduce the risk of collisions.<\/h5>\n
\nIn simple terms:
\nGulf \u2192 Hormuz \u2192 Gulf of Oman
\nOutbound vessel lane
\nInbound vessel lane
\nSeparation zone between them
\nThese lanes are not reserved for oil alone; oil and gas tankers, commercial vessels, cargo ships, and other types of vessels use the navigation system.<\/h5>\n
\n2. There is also a \u201ccoastal passage\u201d or alternative routes
\nThis may be what you heard about.
\nUnder normal circumstances, there is a designated navigation system. However, during the recent crisis, alternative routes\/passages close to the Iranian or Omani coast emerged. Under the current emergency arrangements, Iran is responsible for coordination and guidance in the northern route, while Oman is responsible for the southern route.
\nThis is particularly important in relation to what we discussed earlier regarding Iran\u2019s statement that Hormuz will not return to its previous status.<\/h5>\n
\nThe situation could therefore shift from:
\n\u201cAll vessels use the standard international traffic system\u201d
\nto:
\n\u201cPassage takes place through designated routes, under the coordination and management of the coastal states, particularly Iran on the northern side.\u201d
\nThis did in fact occur temporarily under the 2026 arrangements. The International Maritime Organization stated that the old Traffic Separation Scheme should not be used because of reports of mines, and that navigation should instead be organized through specific instructions and routes coordinated by the coastal states.<\/h5>\n
\nThere is another possibility that may be what you meant
\nIf you heard that \u201cthere is another passage in Hormuz apart from the commercial and oil route,\u201d it may refer to routes used by military vessels or to maritime routes that naval vessels can use under certain circumstances.<\/h5>\n
\nHere, two things must be distinguished:
\nNavigation lane \u2260 military route.
\nAccording to the navigational sources I reviewed, there is no \u201csecret military channel\u201d inside Hormuz running parallel to the commercial shipping lanes. However, military vessels have different capabilities and navigation rules, and they may use maritime routes that do not necessarily coincide with the traffic patterns of commercial tankers.<\/h5>\n
\nMost importantly, Hormuz is not merely an oil channel; it is a strategic maritime gateway for all maritime traffic between the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is well known that the Strait of Hormuz is not merely a commercial and oil shipping route; it also serves as another type of passage. What, then, is that other passage? Haydari Nazar 26 The shipping lanes within the Strait of Hormuz, rather than there being a \u201csecond\u201d secret strait or a separate passage …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-miscellaneous-articles-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31194,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31193\/revisions\/31194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}