UN plans evacuation of 11,000 seafarers stranded in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-US conflict
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©Jie Zhang
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The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) has released details of a plan to evacuate over 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States. The evacuation is tied to peace talks between the two nations, following a Memorandum of Understanding signed last week. A Third Officer caught in the crisis describes the constant fear of attack and the uncertainty of when the war will end or when vessels can safely transit. If successful, the plan aims to restore daily transits through the Strait from the current low of 20-30 ships back to pre-war levels of around 130 per day.
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· 2 pulledYou don't know when the war will end; you don't know when the vessel can safely pass the Strait, so it is very difficult
If successful, it will see the number of ships transiting through the Strait return to pre-war levels of around 130 per day, as opposed to the high twenties and thirties of recent three days
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