US EditionOver 6,000 Filipino Sailors Await Clearance Amid Strait of Hormuz Disruption
More than 6,000 Filipino sailors remain stranded as Iranian strikes close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route carrying 20% of the world’s oil and gas supplies.
- Over 6,000 Filipino sailors are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz conflict zone, waiting to pass through the now-deadly shipping lane.
- Iranian strikes have effectively closed the strait, which carries 20 percent of world oil and gas supplies, plunging the global energy economy into crisis.
- Some sailors expressed a desire to leave their ships but cannot immediately due to safety concerns about their location and finding a safe port to disembark.
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‘Every day I can see missiles, hear explosions,’ says sailor stuck in Gulf amid Iran war
“I am worried,” a sailor stuck in the Gulf told AFP on Friday, his vessel unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, blocked for nearly two weeks after US-Israeli strikes on Iran. “Every day on the ship, I can see missile launches and hear explosions, making me feel like I was in danger,” said Wang Shang, 32. Wang, a Chinese national from the landlocked central province of Henan, works on a foreign ship used to transport liquefied petroleum ga…
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AlKhaleej TodayTrapped at sea: Filipino sailors face danger and long waits as Middle East conflict escalates
MANILA, March 13 — Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.The 46-year-old, whose small ship was struck by a pair of missiles this week in the Strait of Hormuz, is the only seafarer from the Philippines known to be missing in the Middle East war, the government says.But more than 6,000 others from the country that supplies a quarter of the…
Fear, boredom beset Filipino sailors stuck in Hormuz strait
FILIPINO sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.The 46-year-old, whose small ship was struck by a pair of missiles this week in the Strait of Hormuz, is the only seafarer from the Philippines known to be missing in the Middle East war, the government says.But more than 6,000 others from the country that supplies a quarter of the world’s sailors ar…
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