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Tehran’s Toll Booth: What the Persian Gulf Strait Authority Means for Shipping
Tehran has launched a formal permission regime over the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what it means for shipowners, operators, and seafarers — and why the legal risks may outlast the geopolitics. The Strait of Hormuz has always been a chokepoint — a narrow neck of water, barely 21 miles wide at its tightest, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply must pass. But Tehran has now taken deliberate steps to make it something else entirely: a “toll booth”, staffed by Iranian officials, where
Justice at the Water’s Edge: Part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge Settlement
May 25, 2026 · By Charles F. Herd Francis Scott Key wrote his most famous lines of the poem that would become “The Star-Spangled Banner” while watching cannon fire light up Baltimore Harbor — a lawyer turned poet, scribbling verse by the glow of battle from the deck of the HMS Tonnat, a British sloop. It seems fitting that the bridge bearing his name has now given rise to one of the most significant developments in American maritime law in a generation. The First Settlement: $2.25 Billion and What
Commercial Refrigerator Regulations were Updated in 2026
Many consumers do not realize there is an important distinction between different types of walk-in refrigeration systems. “Retail” walk-in refrigerators are designed for environments where customers can access products directly. “Commercial” walk-in refrigeration systems, on the other hand, are intended for private or professional use such as food preparation areas, storage facilities, and similar operations. Both types of systems are built as heavy-duty refrigeration or freezer units designed to handle
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