UN maritime agency urges help for seafarers stranded in Hormuz

UN maritime agency urges help for seafarers stranded in Hormuz The head of the UN maritime agency appealed on Tuesday for help for thousands of seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, as the Iran war paralyses the vital shipping route. Around 20,000 seafarers and 2,000 ships have been stranded in the waterway since US-Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February that triggered the war, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Around one-fifth of the world's crude and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the strait.