TEHRAN: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that nearly 20,000 sailors and about 2,000 ships are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.
The IMO is preparing an emergency plan to evacuate nearly 20,000 seafarers and around 2,000 ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, according to media reports on Wednesday.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said the evacuation process could not be implemented simultaneously as it required close coordination between countries, given that the Strait of Hormuz is only about 30 kilometres wide and the security risk was still high.
— BERNAMA-MNA
