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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

UN starts evacuation of 11,000 seafarers stranded in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire

LONDON, - An evacuation plan to enable ​hundreds of ships with ​some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to ​sail through the Strait of Hormuz is underway after Iran and the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, the United Nations' shipping agency ‌said on ⁠Tuesday.

"We have ⁠now started contacting the ships to start the evacuation," a spokesperson ​with the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) said, without providing a timeframe.

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