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stranded in the Gulf](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/09/mental-breakdown-oil-tanker-workers-stuck-in-gulf-for-six-weeks-are-reaching-their-limit) to move through the strait and whether shipping
Gulf.](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/04/strait-of-hormuz-donald-trump-us-navy-iran-shipping) More than [800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded
Gulf after [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) announced his latest plan to open the strait of Hormuz. Trump wrote on Monday that the US navy would “guide” stranded ships
Gulf region and 13 Indian-flagged vessels are still stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, according to India's shipping
stranded tankers and other ships through the vital energy and trade route that has been virtually shut since the US-Israeli war against Iran began in late February. On Monday, several merchant ships
Gulf region with the Monday [launch of “Project Freedom”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/shipping-bosses-nervous-trump-plan-to-guide-vessels-strait-of-hormuz-iran) to open a route through the strait of Hormuz. More than 800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded
stranded around the Strait of Hormuz by the war on Monday, in a sign that the conflict could further escalate, despite the near-month-long fragile ceasefire. Tehran has been effectively blocking nearly all shipping
stranded on either side of the Strait of Hormuz, peace remains elusive. The attacks on ships with Indian sailors is also the latest friction point in the relationship between Washington and New Delhi, which
Gulf, according to the International Maritime Organization. Under maritime law, shipowners are responsible for the welfare and repatriation of their crews. If shipowners fail to act, responsibility can then fall to the vessel's flag
stranded vessels through the strait in an operation he dubbed “Project Freedom”. Iran issued a new map of the strait with new boundaries further to the east, and warned shipping not to attempt to pass
Gulf. The US defence department on Thursday said it had captured the Iran-linked Majestic X as it was transporting sanctioned oil in the Indian Ocean, days after announcing the interception of another ship, Tifani
Gulf Seafarers’ advocates have cautiously welcomed the tentative deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, expressing hope that some 20,000 stranded crew members will soon be able to return
stranded at either end of the strait, while others have been rerouted, come under fire or even been seized in the strait and the open sea. Last week, Iran [captured two foreign container ships](/news/2026/4/22/iranian-gunboat-fires-on-container-ship-off-oman-coast
stranded containers hold cargo that was meant to be shipped to Iran. What’s in them is not known. But the vessels that were supposed to collect them have not arrived — and with tensions
stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz – “Project Freedom”, which was launched the day before – had been [paused](/news/liveblog/2026/5/6/iran-war-live-trump-says-hormuz-operation-paused-amid-us-tehran-talks). So, does this mean the US-Israel war on Iran is over? ## What did Rubio
Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war. Tehran sought to reassert its blockade on the strait, which is a vital waterway in global trade. While the US military claimed
Gulf of Oman at approximately 14:00 GMT on Wednesday. US forces issued “multiple warnings” to the tanker, informing its crew that the vessel was in violation of the blockade, the command said
Gulf, while critical exports like oil, gas, chemicals and fertiliser remain largely stranded by Iran’s shutdown of the strait and the subsequent US naval blockade of Iranian ports. In the worst-case scenario
Gulf state. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he made a [secret trip to the UAE](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/benjamin-netanyahu-made-secret-trip-to-uae-at-height-of-the-iran-war) at the height of the war to meet the president, a claim that
Gulf through the strait, while the process of ensuring the channel is free of naval mines is likely to take weeks at a minimum. Stephen Cotton, the general-secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation