June 23, 2026 9:56 PM
Evacuation plan through Hormuz for stranded ships in Gulf underway, UN agency says
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 U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, the United Nations' shipping agency said on Tuesday. "We have now started contacting the ships to start the evacuation," a spokesperson with the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) said, without providing a timeframe. The IMO said it had secured the necessary safety guarantees and verified ...