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20,000 Seafarers Stranded in Gulf After Hormuz Closure

5/9/2026

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20,000 seafarers on 1,500 vessels are stranded in the Persian Gulf after the Strait of Hormuz closed, ten dead.
Crews have not been paid for up to eleven months and ration water to two-hour periods.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has received 2,000 contacts reporting abandonment, visa denial, and loss of communication.
Ships fly Liberian or Panamanian flags, leaving no nation responsible as ports face missile and drone attacks.

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Story summary

20,000 seafarers on 1,500 vessels are stranded in the Persian Gulf after the Strait of Hormuz closed, ten dead.
Crews have not been paid for up to eleven months and ration water to two-hour periods.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has received 2,000 contacts reporting abandonment, visa denial, and loss of communication.
Ships fly Liberian or Panamanian flags, leaving no nation responsible as ports face missile and drone attacks.