“About 100 ships that are either registered in Hong Kong or locally managed or owned are stranded in the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, accounting for an estimated 2,300 trapped seafarers, an industry leader has said. Richard Hext, chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, told the South China Morning Post on Friday that it was very risky to sail vessels through the strait due to the risk of attack, even though the US and Iran had recently...
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