A key artery of world trade is reopening to civilian traffic after weeks of tension. The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, confirmed that experts are already working on a mechanism for the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, through which the first vessels passed on Wednesday.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has begun working to ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz following the announcement of a ceasefire in the Middle East, its Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said on Wednesday. According to the AFP agency, the first ships passed through the strait off the coast of Iran since the ceasefire was announced on Wednesday, reports TASR.
- The International Maritime Organization is dealing with safe navigation through Hormuz after the ceasefire was announced.
- The opening of the Strait of Hormuz is part of the two-week ceasefire agreement.
- The head of the IMO is already negotiating a mechanism to ensure the safe transit of ships.
- Iran agreed to transit through the strait in coordination with its own military.
- During the blockade, approximately two hundred tankers were stuck in the region, the first ones had already crossed.
Safe passage through the strait
The opening of the Strait of Hormuz is part of a two-week ceasefire agreement between the US, Israel and Iran announced by Pakistan on Wednesday night.
“I am already working with the relevant parties to establish an appropriate mechanism that will ensure the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz,” declared the head of the IMO, the organization responsible for the safety of international shipping, its protection and pollution prevention. At the same time, Dominguez emphasized that the priority now is to ensure such a transfer of ships from the area that guarantees the safety of navigation.
According to Trump, the US will help manage the onslaught in Hormuz
Tehran said it had agreed to ensure safe transit through the strait, which it effectively closed after the US and Israel launched attacks against it on February 28. According to Tehran, navigation through this strategic strait will take place in coordination with the Iranian military and “with due consideration of technical limitations.”
In the context of the agreed ceasefire, US President Donald Trump also promised that the US would help manage the onslaught in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the analysis firm Kpler, 200 oil tankers were stuck in the area for the original blockade.
In the meantime, the AFP agency, citing the monitoring company MarineTraffic, reported that the first vessels had passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the ceasefire.
