UN says 115 vessels, 2,500 seafarers evacuated from Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday
About 115 vessels and 2,500 seafarers have been evacuated from the Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday, the head of the UN maritime body said on Friday.
Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), gave the update after the IMO suspended efforts on Thursday to evacuate some 600 ships and 11,000 sailors, following an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
Dominguez told an online press conference that "115 [vessels] have evacuated in the last three and a half days, representing around 2,500 seafarers that have now safely left the Strait of Hormuz".