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Gavin Blackburn

Strait of Hormuz standoff leaves 20,000 seafarers stranded on cargo ships

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, according to the latest data.

Normally about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transits the waterway.

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