"It's the most dangerous place in the world at the moment. They're seeing the missiles going over their heads. They don't know if they're going to be one of those being attacked in the next few minutes. They are unprotected sitting on those ships."
"Thirteen vessels have been attacked in the strait since the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran on Feb. 28, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre, and at least seven crew members have been killed."
"UN Trade and Development estimates as many as 151 ships were transiting through daily in February. On Saturday, that was down to just four. That's effectively blocked a key shipping route that is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean."
The Strait of Hormuz has become extremely dangerous following escalating Middle East conflict, with 13 merchant ships attacked since late February and at least 7 crew members killed. Iran warned it would block oil exports during the conflict, causing marine traffic to plummet from approximately 151 daily transits to just four. Seafarers face constant danger from missiles and attacks while remaining unprotected aboard vessels. The shipping blockade has effectively closed the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. Some ships attempt to evade targeting by falsifying tracking data to appear Chinese-linked or disabling automatic identification systems, though the narrow 32-kilometer strait and Iranian surveillance make concealment difficult.
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