The secretary-general of the United Nations maritime agency asked this Tuesday for help for twenty thousand sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, including better access to wireless internet (Wi-Fi) for isolated crews.
According to the International Maritime Organization (which is the original spirit), almost twenty thousand sailors and around two thousand ships are immobilized since movement was stopped in the Strait of Hormuz by gas.
The strait is a strategic waterway for the global supply of hydrocarbons.
In a speech during a conference in Singapore, the secretary-general of the UN body, Arsenio Dominguez, highlighted that the Stranded sailors were suffering from “extreme exhaustion and fatigue”.
Dominguez indicated that some countries have installed 24/7 telephone helplines for sailors, while others are providing food.
On the other hand, the official asked that sailors be provided with wireless internet access (Wi-Fi) so that they can contact their families and let them know where they are and how they are doing.
A navigation has been paralyzed again since Monday in the Strait of Hormuzwith Tehran and Washington imposing separate blockades, and Iranian ships continuing to test the North American blockade.
Iran on Saturday reversed its decision to reopen the waterway, worsening tensions with the United States before the end of the ceasefire, which could theoretically end between tonight and Wednesday morning, Tehran time.
The United States and Israel began the air attack on Iran on February 28th and the situation in the Persian Gulf worsened due to the blockades imposed on cargo ships, especially oil tankers.
