London, June 25 (SANA) Fifty-seven ships carrying about 1,100 seafarers have transited the Strait of Hormuz since June 23 as part of a United Nations evacuation effort launched this week, according to data released on Thursday by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
The figures, reported by Reuters, are the first published by the U.N. shipping agency on the operation, which aims to help hundreds of vessels carrying around 11,000 seafarers leave the strategically important waterway.
According to the IMO, 12 ships passed through the strait on Thursday, following 32 on Wednesday and 13 on June 23.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said on Wednesday that evacuating approximately 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf region after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could take “several weeks” to complete.
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