IMO Suspends Sailor Evacuations After Reported Strike on Singapore-Flagged Ship in Strait of Hormuz
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The UN’s International Maritime Organization paused plans to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors following a projectile strike on a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Vessel transits through the strait declined from 57 on Wednesday to 29 by Friday afternoon, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps objecting to an unconsulted transit corridor. No casualties were reported from the incident.