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“We are continuously and very carefully assessing when transit will be possible again,” the spokesman stated. no fewer than 50 vessels operated by German companies, with about 1,000 seafarers on board, are trapped, as documented by the German shipowners’ association.
The blaze was put out and no crew members were injured. Six Hapag-Lloyd vessels are currently in the Gulf, as documented by the company, among the hundreds that have been stranded since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran in February.
“Whether the made public reopening will actually hold will become clear in the coming days,” he stated. A Hapag-Lloyd vessel in the Gulf caught fire last month following being hit with shrapnel.
No fewer than two ships have since passed through the strait, as documented by maritime monitor Marine Traffic. although a spokesman for Hapag-Lloyd told media group RND that “based on our current risk assessment, we will continue to refrain from transiting the strait”.
German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd's vessels will not resume transiting the Strait of Hormuz for now as the situation remains "tense" despite a ceasefire German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd’s vessels will not resume transiting the Strait of Hormuz for now as the situation remains “tense” despite a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, German media documented Wednesday. Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the key waterway, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil usually passes, as part of the two-week truce.
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