An evacuation plan to enable hundreds of ships with some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to sail through the Strait of Hormuz is underway after Iran and the US reached a ceasefire deal, the United Nations' shipping agency said on Tuesday. However, the long-term status of the waterway remains unclear - Iran wants a toll system implemented in the strait while the US is vehemently against this idea.
UN maritime body to begin evacuating sailors as Hormuz toll dispute continues
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Tue 12:00 - UN News All
World News in Brief: UN launches Hormuz evacuation plan, UNICEF youth champion killed in Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire ‘largely holding’
Tue 12:00 - UN News Global
World News in Brief: UN launches Hormuz evacuation plan, UNICEF youth champion killed in Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire ‘largely holding’
Tue 15:47 - Middle East Eye
UN shipping agency announces evacuation of 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf
Tue 16:57 - Euronews
UN launches Hormuz evacuation for 11,000 stranded seafarers
Wed 09:22 - France 24
UN maritime body to begin evacuating sailors as Hormuz toll dispute continues