Tehran, March 26 -- The conflict in West Asia has put enormous stress on one of the key shipping routes that passes through the Strait of Hormuz. A new report from Shipping News website Llyodslist now suggests that Iran's IRGC has imposed a de facto 'toll booth' regime in the Strait.

This requires vessels to submit full documentation, obtain clearance codes and accept IRGC-escorted passage through a single controlled corridor, said the report.

Llyodslist says that since March 13, a total of 26 vessels have transited through the strait and have followed a route pre-approved under an IRGC "toll booth" system that requires the ship operators to submit to a vetting scheme.

There have been no transits tracked using Automatic Identification ...