The International Maritime Organization said it has begun implementing a plan to move hundreds of ships and about 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran and the United States reached what sources described as a ceasefire deal or memorandum aimed at reopening the waterway. An IMO spokesperson said the agency had started contacting vessels to begin the evacuation, but did not give a timetable. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said the agency...

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