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Hormuz holds still ships  
Seafarers wait, unseen, worn  
Safe tides must return

	author:	Erika Ryan, Scott Detrow, Janaya Williams	institution:	NPR	¿porque no los dos?
	tl;dr	NPR interviews Arsenio Dominguez, secretary‑general of the UN’s International Maritime Organization, about the fallout from the Strait of Hormuz crisis. He says about 6,000 civilian seafarers were trapped on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf when fighting escalated; since a recent memorandum of understanding and a partial de‑escalation, roughly 3,000 have been evacuated. The IMO’s priorities are step‑by‑step: evacuate crews, demilitarize and secure the strait, then restore shipping toward pre‑conflict levels (about 135 vessels/day). He stresses the humanitarian toll on crews and the global economic impact of disrupted shipping, drawing parallels to recent disruptions in the Red Sea, Black Sea, and pandemic‑era shocks.
	deeper:	The piece is a straight Q&A with a single authoritative source focused on humanitarian and logistical issues rather than partisan framing. It provides specific figures (6,000 trapped; ~3,000 evacuated; 135 ships/day benchmark) and clear sequencing of objectives, with useful global context. Limitations: it relies almost entirely on one official voice and offers little independent data verification or perspectives from affected seafarers, shipowners, Iran, or military actors, which slightly narrows scope but does not introduce evident slant.
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