{"id":85725,"date":"2026-06-16T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/14-dead-thousands-stranded-inside-the-plight-of-mariners-trapped-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:54:26","slug":"14-dead-thousands-stranded-inside-the-plight-of-mariners-trapped-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/14-dead-thousands-stranded-inside-the-plight-of-mariners-trapped-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"14 dead, thousands stranded: Inside the plight of mariners trapped in the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-us-deal-peace-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S.-Iran deal<\/a><\/span> due to be signed Friday may offer some hope for tens of thousands of commercial sailors trapped in the Strait of Hormuz, but it&#8217;s unlikely to quickly end what for many has been a brutal ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is, at best, the beginning,&#8221; the International Transport Workers&#8217; Federation, a global association of transport workers&#8217; unions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itfglobal.org\/en\/news\/statement-itf-general-secretary-us-iran-peace-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Both Iran and the U.S. have detained and attacked commercial vessels accused of transgressing regulations imposed on the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters during the 109-day war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imo.org\/en\/mediacentre\/pressbriefings\/pages\/no-safe-transit-through-hormuz-imo-secretary-general.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 commercial mariners have died<\/a> during the war, including <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-war-us-oil-tankers-attacked-india-protest-mariners-killed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">three Indian nationals<\/a><\/span> killed in a U.S. strike on an Iranian tanker last week. Others have been wounded, detained by military forces or stuck at sea in hellish conditions.<\/p>\n<p>About 600 vessels remain trapped in the Persian Gulf, according to business intelligence firm Kpler, and shipping companies <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-strait-of-hormuz-safe-shipping-companies-not-convinced\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">expect it to take weeks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 if not months \u2014   for normal traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to resume. The narrow strait is the only way in or out of the Gulf.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/566eeff1-b2f1-4936-80fe-8388a6256303\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/67b95656e64b38b09ab56170fe4b32f9\/strait-of-hormuz-2276310938.jpg#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-OMAN-IRAN-US-ISRAEL-WAR-HORMUZ \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/566eeff1-b2f1-4936-80fe-8388a6256303\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/67b95656e64b38b09ab56170fe4b32f9\/strait-of-hormuz-2276310938.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/566eeff1-b2f1-4936-80fe-8388a6256303\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/10b519c045dba0287cffb63f797ea13d\/strait-of-hormuz-2276310938.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman&#8217;s northern Musandam Peninsula, in a May 17, 2026 file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While there is cautious optimism, evacuation and repatriation of the workers on the stranded ships does not appear imminent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words on paper must now translate into action for the transport workers who have paid the price of this conflict,&#8221; said the International Transport Workers&#8217; Federation, adding it was already working on evacuation plans with the U.N.&#8217;s International Maritime Organization.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Our hearts are shattered&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Many of the mariners stuck at sea are Indian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions on ships around the Gulf were &#8220;unbearable&#8221; last week, as U.S. strikes on three commercial vessels left the three Indian nationals dead, according to Manoj Yadav, general secretary of the Forward Seamen&#8217;s Union of India.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were absolutely not feeling well. Many called us and said they are not able to sail further,&#8221; Yadav told CBS News in a Monday phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s commercial shipping ministry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/strait-of-hormuz-indian-seafarers-india-monitors-18000-crew-15-ships-cross-safely-2926980-2026-06-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said this week<\/a>\u00a0that nearly 18,000 Indian mariners remain in the region, and Yadav said many had &#8220;expressed they are feeling like [they are] in jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-original\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2026\/04\/18\/ac775f62-7220-4e7e-b4ad-3255f1ffda67\/hormuz.jpg#\" alt=\"hormuz.jpg \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2026\/04\/18\/ac775f62-7220-4e7e-b4ad-3255f1ffda67\/hormuz.jpg 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A fourth Indian mariner, Second Officer Nishanth Uirthanathan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FSUIINDIA\/status\/2066783681906389247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> on board the MT Celestial Sea tanker last week, about a month after the U.S. Navy diverted the vessel, according to the Indian seafarers union. The Iranian-flagged ship had been bound for India, but was rerouted by some 400 miles to Oman&#8217;s Duqm Port, the union said, where Uirthanathan died on June 11 while awaiting medical evacuation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His body remained on board the ship for three days without refrigeration, Yadav said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s Central Command <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2057144264526598381?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on May 20 that forces had boarded the Celestial as it was &#8220;suspected of attempting to violate the U.S. blockade by transiting toward an Iranian port.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. forces &#8220;released the vessel after searching and directing the ship&#8217;s crew to alter course,&#8221; CENTCOM said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seafarers left trapped by the conflict have faced shortages of food, water and medical care on their vessels, as well as the threat of attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The seafarers were the sufferers,&#8221; Yadav said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/98d3cd1a-1384-42be-ab26-5f1060aa1069\/thumbnail\/620x356\/2242e78e2a9b3468cb4a590633d7afbd\/india-seafarers-iran-war-2281145997.jpg#\" alt=\"KYS Protest At Jantar Mantar Over Killing Of Three Indian Sailors In US Navy Strike \" height=\"356\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/98d3cd1a-1384-42be-ab26-5f1060aa1069\/thumbnail\/620x356\/2242e78e2a9b3468cb4a590633d7afbd\/india-seafarers-iran-war-2281145997.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/16\/98d3cd1a-1384-42be-ab26-5f1060aa1069\/thumbnail\/1240x712\/b79f13bf04b3203243b3978d563f887d\/india-seafarers-iran-war-2281145997.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan student organization shout slogans against President Trump during a protest over the killing of three Indian sailors in a U.S. strike on a commercial vessel, June 15, 2026, in New Delhi, India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Sonu Mehta\/Hindustan Times\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some Indian nationals have managed to abandon their ships near enough to Iranian ports to make their way back to India by land, albeit without their wages, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mariners on U.S.-sanctioned vessels such as the MT Marivex, which was struck by the U.S. on June 9, may not even be aware the ships they&#8217;re on are subject to sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are just looking, what are the size of the vessel, where are the trading areas, and how much salary they will get,&#8221; Yadav said. &#8220;That is their primary need, rather than finding out whether it is [sanctioned] or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM has &#8220;disabled&#8221; nine ships for failing to comply with its blockade and turned back 135 others, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav said the U.S. could have struck the ships in a way that avoided casualties, and the union has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSUIINDIA\/posts\/pfbid02CQ4wh3bTsfsgRxaxRnbzQ37qjBcz6KF3wWbZsJpewW7vsc2H5yYCVp23U3TEEjzUl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZb_aQEtndNIro_NMQUBiZy53LnXhwUmSIgB6Qs0Rl5KPtnO4xqGBzg3_PmtAmc6VgDCBuVOVUFEZ1uo5YyRaMggEiit62x2uqFqXYw6FLVxmKKFlv007T_QdBksn3h9Lq122tvabT8CnMfjfbtGMkTTVioFdwig1LyaOAerM9fdsVE5xmFrHMlP5SQ0IbWGkgg&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded that the United Nations investigate<\/a> the strike on the Marivex \u2014 and that the U.S. government pay at least $5 million in compensation to the families of the three mariners killed in the strike on the Palau-flagged M\/T Settebello and the fourth who died on the Celestial Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to know the full truth of what happened,&#8221; 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