Unions and shipping employers said in a statement on Wednesday that they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warlike operations area until

Unions and shipping employers said in a statement on Wednesday that they will continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warlike operations area until

Shipping companies and unions maintain the Strait of Hormuz as a warzone due to ongoing attacks on vessels.

The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, has emerged as one of the top issues in negotiations to reach a permanent end to the Iran war.