“Shipping companies said on Monday that President Trump’s offer to provide them safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz fell short of the sort of arrangements that would persuade them to make the trip,” the New York Times reports.Wall Street Journal: “Shipowners said they were unwilling to risk a crossing given the threat of attack from Iran and a lack of clarity around how the new American operation to open the waterway would work.”“The developments have renewed uncertainty around the fate of the world’s most important energy shipping lane, which Iran closed after the U.S. and Israel launched their attack on the country. Millions of barrels of oil have been cut off and hundreds of ships are stranded in the Gulf with their crews.”