Some 57 ships carrying an estimated 1,100 seafarers have transited the Strait of Hormuz since 23 June under a United Nations evacuation plan launched this week, data from the UN's shipping agency showed on Thursday.

A U.N. agency says a plan is underway to evacuate 11,000 stranded seafarers through the Strait of Hormuz

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - An evacuation plan to enable hundreds of ships with some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to sail through the Strait of Hormuz is underway after…

A major evacuation plan is now underway for over 11,000 seafarers aboard hundreds of ships stranded in the Gulf. Following a ceasefire deal between Iran and the U.S., the UN's…

Officials working to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stuck in the Gulf