UN agency says it pauses Hormuz ship evacuation initiative after vessel attacked
The UN agency paused its ship evacuation plan after the attack raised fresh safety concerns for vessels using the new route, officials said.
- On Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the vessel's bridge near Oman, United States officials confirmed.
- The attack occurred hours after Tehran warned vessels to avoid unauthorized routes, undermining a United States-Iran agreement signed last week that mandates keeping the strategic waterway open.
- Following the projectile strike, the International Maritime Organization paused its evacuation operation for stranded ships, with Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez stating "seafarer safety remains paramount."
- South Korea's Oceans Ministry reported that additional vessels exited the Strait of Hormuz, leaving five South Korean-operated ships in the area with 47 crew members on board.
- Roughly 20% of the world's oil and gas passed through the Strait of Hormuz before this spring's regional conflict, making security in the passage critical for international trade amid price volatility.
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Traffic Flows Through Hormuz Despite Shock Ship Attack
An attack on a container vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted some shipowners to review exit plans, but traffic continued to flow in both directions through the vital thoroughfare on Friday.
IMO chief pauses Hormuz evacuation after ship struck, says guarantees
NEW YORK: The secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization on Friday said he has temporarily suspended a fledgling evacuation framework for the roughly 11,000 seafarers stranded aboard some 600 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, after one of the ships using the corridor was struck a day earlier — the first such incident since the mechanism was launched this week.
Iran strike on ship halts UN Hormuz evacuation
What happenedThe International Maritime Organization on Thursday paused a nascent effort to evacuate ships stranded in the Persian Gulf after Iran struck a cargo vessel, causing damage but no casualties, according to the ship’s owner. The IMO, a United Nations body, earlier this week began shepherding ships through the Strait of Hormuz along a route hugging Oman’s coast. Hundreds of ships and more than 11,000 seafarers have been stranded in the …
An attack on a ship in the Strait of Ormuz led the International Maritime Organization to suspend the evacuation plan of some 11,000 sailors stranded in the Gulf, in the face of increasing tensions...
The Iranian Armed Forces attacked a container ship transiting through the Strait of Ormuz yesterday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials, undermining efforts to restore maritime traffic through that crucial waterway. The affected vessel, Ever Lovely, is owned by Evergreen Marine, a Taiwan-based shipping company. The attack arrived hours after Iran, demonstrating its control over the Strait, warned the ships that the only route was through it…
Iran strikes vessel, pausing U.N. efforts to evacuate ships from Hormuz
Iran struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing a pause on evacuations of stranded seafarers and demonstrating its continued ability to restrict the critical waterway, despite the agreement reached last week with the United States.
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