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Tired and worried, 20k seafarers stranded in Persian Gulf for weeks

Dubai: Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels, including oil and gas tankers and cargo ships, have been stuck in the Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz. Normally about a fifth of the worlds oil and liquefied natural gas transits the waterway. Roughly 80 vessels passed through the strait in the week of []

28 Apr 2026 1:09 am