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Cyprus Mail24 Jun 2026

Temporary Hormuz sea lanes opened as IMO starts seafarer evacuation

Temporary Hormuz sea lanes opened as IMO starts seafarer evacuation

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and Oman have opened temporary sea lanes through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a controlled plan to move stranded commercial ships and more than 11,000 seafarers out of the Persian Gulf.

The operation follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the US, after months of disruption to one of the world’s most important shipping routes....

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