IMO Warns of Ongoing Shipping Crisis in the Persian Gulf

IMO Secretary-General urges action after six months of uncertainty in Hormuz

Up to 400 ships carrying around 6,000 seafarers remain unable to leave the Persian Gulf safely, six months after the Middle East conflict began, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said the situation in the Strait of Hormuz remained unresolved, leaving thousands of seafarers living and working under “conditions of […]