Alice HancockJun 4, 2026 – 4.46pmAthens | Greek shipping tycoon Evangelos Marinakis has said he would be ready to pay fees to transit the Strait of Hormuz if that would keep the contested waterway open to shipping.“Even if we had to pay a fee, for me [it would] be much better than to have the straits closed,” said Marinakis, one of Greece’s biggest shipowners, at the TradeWinds shipping conference in Athens this week.Financial TimesSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles