> For the ships that are transiting are shipping companies paying Iran to allow shipments?

Ships aren’t transiting without American approval and if I recall the US said ships paying Iran were not permitted to utilize the Strait.

But we also know the US has quietly been escorting some number of tankers out of the Strait over the last few months, unless they are Iranian, so there are likely ships that are transiting under American protection and they aren’t paying Iran.