Update and The real humanitarian disaster in the Strait of Hormuz: 20,000 mariners stuck with dwindling supplies, fuel, fresh food and water

#Iran #Shipping

Various takeaways:

President #StableGenius is apparently misrepresenting the degree to which the Strait of Hormuz is open, as in a daily single digit trickle of ships apparently sailing in Iranian territorial waters and paying a toll to Iran.

Interesting video of an actual shipping transiting the Strait.

Big ships are pretty resilient to missile and drone attacks

20,000 stuck on vessels with problems about supplies because the ships are not moving. See long description from X on the other side of the video

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Absolutely right to highlight the human tragedy behind the headlines. While geopolitics and shipping lanes dominate discussions, we must not forget the 20,000–40,000 seafarers trapped on stranded vessels in the Persian Gulf amid the ongoing conflict. Many face severe shortages of… https://t.co/feSjhTZTjn

— Pravesh Jain (@PRAVESHPARAS) April 1, 2026

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