The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) says roughly 1,500 ships and about 20,000 crew members are trapped in the Gulf amid an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez said the situation is the result of the broader Middle East conflict that escalated on February 28, when Israel and the United States launched actions against Iran. According to Dominguez, Tehran’s subsequent reprisals across the region include a shipping blockade affecting the key global trade route. Several outlets report his remarks in Panama to the Maritime Convention of the Americas, where he also described the trapped seafarers as workers carrying out their jobs but caught in geopolitical circumstances outside their control. Dominguez noted the economic significance of the route, saying maritime shipping moves more than 80% of total consumed products globally, and that prior to the conflict a fifth of the world’s petroleum and gas transited the Strait of Hormuz. The reports focus on the number of ships and crews affected and on the stated linkage between the blockade and disruptions to international shipping.
IMO says 1,500 ships and about 20,000 crew are trapped near Strait of Hormuz
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) says roughly 1,500 ships and about 20,000 crew members are trapped in the Gulf amid an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. IMO secretary-genera...
- The IMO says about 1,500 ships are trapped near the Strait of Hormuz due to an Iranian blockade.
- The IMO chief says about 20,000 crew members are among those trapped.
- IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez makes the remarks in Panama to the Maritime Convention of the Americas.
- The blockade is described as linked to the conflict that escalated after February 28 actions involving Israel and the United States against Iran.
- Dominguez cites the Strait of Hormuz’s importance for energy and global shipping, including figures that before the conflict about a fifth of the world’s petroleum and gas passed through the strait.
Some 1,500 ships trapped in Gulf due to Iran war Around 1,500 ships and their crews are trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) chief said in Panama Thursday. The war unleashed on 28 February by Israel and the United States against Iran provoked reprisals from Tehran across the region and a shipping blockade in Hormuz, a crucial global trade route. "Right now, we have approximately 20,000 crewmen and around 1,500 ships trapped," IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez told the Maritime Convention of the Americas. Dominguez said that maritime shipping moves over 80 percent of total consumed products in the world. The stranded crew members "are innocent people who are doing their jobs every day for the benefit of other countries," but "are trapped by geopolitical situations outside their control," Dominguez told the gathering of industry executives and IMO representatives.
3 months agoBefore the conflict's outbreak, a fifth of the world's total petroleum and gas passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
3 months agoPANAMA CITY — Around 1,500 ships and their crews are trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the strait of Hormuz, the secretary general of the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) said in Panama on Thursday. The war in the Middle East, unleashed February 28 by Israel and the United States against Iran, provoked reprisals from Tehran across the region and a shipping blockade in Hormuz, a crucial global trade route. "Right now, we have approximately 20,000 crewmen and around 1,500 ships trapped," Arsenio Dominguez told the Maritime Convention of the Americas. Dominguez said that maritime shipping moves over 80 percent of total consumed products in the world. The stranded crew members "are innocent people who are doing their jobs every day for the benefit of other countries," but "are trapped by geopolitical situations outside their control," Dominguez told the gathering of industry executives and IMO representatives. Before the conflict's outbreak, a fifth of the world's total petroleum and gas passed through the Strait of Hormuz. The closure has led to a significant
3 months agoIMO chief Arsenio Dominguez also said about 20,000 crewmen are trapped by geopolitical situations outside their control.
3 months agoAs many as 1,500 ships and their crews are trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the secretary general of the U.N.'s International Maritime...
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