The preliminary figures covered the first three and a half days of the operation.
On Friday, Arsenio Dominguez, secretary of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), informed that about 2,500 seafarers aboard 115 vessels have been evacuated from the Strait of Hormuz since his organization launched an evacuation operation for stranded seafarers.
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The IMO on Tuesday announced the evacuation framework, recommending the use of a northern route communicated by Iran and a southern route communicated by Oman.
On Thursday, however, the UN maritime body suspended the evacuation after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, saying it needed to further assess whether the security guarantees underpinning the operation remained in place.
Shipping data showed that some vessels continued to transit the Strait of Hormuz after the suspension of the IMO operation.
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Dominguez said Iran was still maintaining operations on the northern route, while the United States continued to assist shipping on the southern route.
“What is important for the vessels is to carry out the risk assessment before they make any final decision,” he said, urging shipowners and operators to carefully assess the risks.
He added that the IMO would only resume the evacuation operation once it had sufficient assurances that commercial vessels would not come under attack.
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