the meaningful change is that ships can move with volume through the strait again, no?

ships could register and pay the toll without having to take a stroll by iran's toll booth, so the volume of ships can go back up

Change relative to before the war… where ships could just pass freely. So that's a loss.

I'm likely misunderstanding what you're trying to say.

Can you elaborate on how, exactly, ships would be able to evade the toll booth, if they have to pay the toll in any case?

Because on the surface of it, it sounds to me like Iran is tolling the straits. Which is fine. The fee is small enough that I'm not opposed to paying it given the alternative. I understand why the world is willing to pay. Ok. I get it.

But it's hard for me to view this as a win for us. So I'm probably missing something? (Or at least, I hope I'm missing something.)