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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 5:41 PM EDT

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.

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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.
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