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Can Hormuz be bypassed? Past shows commercial viability may simply not be there, analyst says

Can Hormuz be bypassed? Past shows commercial viability may simply not be there, analyst says
France 24 Tuesday 16 June 2026, 21:03 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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On Tuesday, leaders at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains were seeking to identify alternative routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which US President Donald Trump said would be "completely open" on Friday. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Maisoon H Kafafy, Senior Advisor to the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programme, says that in previous instances of oil supply disruptions "the commercial viability [of building alternative infrastructure] was simply not there and the economics...

On Tuesday, leaders at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains were seeking to identify alternative routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which US President Donald Trump said would be "completely open" on Friday. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Maisoon H Kafafy, Senior Advisor to the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programme, says that in previous instances of oil supply disruptions "the commercial viability [of building alternative infrastructure] was simply not there and the economics of the upfront investment into this projects were perhaps too large to justify".
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