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Sri Lanka has sent home 40 Iranian sailors who were brought ashore from merchant vessels for medical treatment. The evacuation was organized by the Iranian Embassy in Colombo in coordination with Sri Lankan authorities through the port of Galle. According to the Daily Mirror, about a dozen empty Iranian oil tankers remain off the country's coast, unable to return home because of the US blockade.
Aziz KarimovThe crew of the gas carrier Al Ruwais has been drifting off the coast of Pakistan for several weeks, refusing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, where two blockades are in effect. According to Kpler, daily traffic has fallen from more than 125 vessels to 10–12. Companies are offering captains up to $100,000 a month plus risk bonuses, while Iranian sailors report deaths and closed ports.
Sevara AzamovaThe San Marino-flagged tanker Wine Trader issued a distress call off the coast of Romania on October 15 after a drone attack: five of the 12 crew members were rescued, seven remain missing. That same night, a fire also broke out aboard the Comoros-flagged tanker Yara J, with no casualties reported. According to Reuters, at least five vessels have been attacked off the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria over the past ten days, killing 23 sailors.
Otabek Yusupov
