Evacuation of sailors stuck in Gulf likely to take weeks
The International Maritime Organisation has begun a new plan to evacuate about 11,000 commercial sailors stranded in the Gulf, but the process is expected to take weeks due to uncleared mines and a bottleneck. Meanwhile, global oil prices have fallen to their lowest level since the war began.
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has launched a new scheme to evacuate approximately 11,000 commercial sailors stranded in the Gulf. The operation is a complex international effort that will take weeks to complete.
Key challenges include mines that have not yet been fully cleared, as well as a bottleneck created over the past few months. These factors make the evacuation slow and require coordination among multiple countries.
The IMO plan involves gradually removing sailors from the region, but an exact timeline is uncertain. The sailors have been trapped on vessels, some for months.
Meanwhile, global oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since the war began. This decline is linked to reduced demand and oversupply, influenced by the situation in the Gulf.
