Event Brief
Evacuation of 11,000 sailors in Gulf to take weeks
Filed: Jun 25, 2026 at 9:04 AM ET
Summary: An International Maritime Organisation scheme to evacuate about 11,000 sailors stuck in the Gulf has begun and will take weeks.
WHO: International Maritime Organisation
WHAT: Started a complex international evacuation scheme for commercial sailors stuck in the Gulf
WHEN: Jun 25, 2026 at 8:11 AM ET
WHERE: Gulf
WHY: Mines have not been fully cleared and a bottleneck has been created by the past few months
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