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Shipping exec says industry needs assurances Strait of Hormuz will be safe

NPR | By Christopher Harland-Dunaway,

Ailsa Chang, Sarah Handel

Published June 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM CDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jakob Larsen, chief safety and security officer at BIMCO, the global shipping association, about what it might mean to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Christopher Harland-Dunaway

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered along with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and Mary Louise Kelly. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.

Sarah Handel