{"id":57282,"date":"2026-03-06T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iran-war-drives-up-shipping-costs-hampering-aid-shipments\/06\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:15:42","slug":"iran-war-drives-up-shipping-costs-hampering-aid-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iran-war-drives-up-shipping-costs-hampering-aid-shipments\/06\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war drives up shipping costs, hampering aid shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The war with Iran is driving up shipping costs in the region and further complicating humanitarian aid deliveries, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Major transport companies have introduced conflict and war risk surcharges of around $3,000 per container, the UN agency said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even before the outbreak of war, humanitarian assistance had been reduced in many countries due to severe budget cuts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The organization normally ships armoured vehicles and other supplies from Dubai to African countries and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the security situation means that vessels are now limited in their ability to pass through key waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The situation is particularly critical for Sudan, which depends on maritime shipments arriving at Port Sudan. Aid deliveries to Somalia and South Sudan have also been affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/un-agency-iran-war-drives-135829778.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war with Iran is driving up shipping costs in the region and further complicating humanitarian aid deliveries, the International Organization for<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iran-war-drives-up-shipping-costs-hampering-aid-shipments\/06\/03\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/00ee90833bf241df771c20d899692265","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}