FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been planning a major infrastructure strategy aimed at reducing its reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, after disruptions to the critical maritime chokepoint highlighted the vulnerability of Gulf trade and energy routes. United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi said the country is working toward achieving “zero Hormuz dependency”, according to Bloomberg, as it seeks to strengthen alternative export routes and secure energy flows. RelatedNews Fragile breakthrough: US and Iran agree to ceasefire and de-escalation framework BIMCO: US-Iran deal could boost fertilizer shipments var jnews_module_21375989_0_6a33c0079b4b8 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375989","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,1763,2647,472","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":