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UN maritime head says some 6,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAlmost 6,000 seafarers “remain stranded” in the Gulf, the head of the International Maritime Organization says as he calls for “maximum restraint and de-escalation.”
“I condemn the attacks over the past two days against several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” IMO secretary general Arsenio Dominguez says in a statement after US President Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over. “These reckless attacks have again placed innocent seafarers in grave danger,” Dominguez adds.
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