Stranded sailors in the Gulf report having to ration food and drinkpublished at 12:06 GMT
Seafarers stuck in the Gulf report they are being forced to ration food and water after being stranded since war broke out in the Middle East, according to interviews with the news agency AFP.
“We don’t have enough water on board right now,” an Indian worker onboard a refuelling boat off Iraq says.
“Till yesterday we had proper drinking water and fresh water for baths and stuff. But now since drinking water is over, we have contacted the owner for the drinking water and I hope they get it by today or tomorrow,” the sailor, who asked to be identified only by his last name Pereira, adds.
“Till then, we are boiling the water for drinking,”
Around 20,000 seafarers are stranded in the Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz, the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has reported, following Iranian threats to attack ships travelling through the strait.
Another ship’s captain says his vessel is stuck off Qatar near the major Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas plant, which was hit by an Iranian attack on Wednesday and Thursday.
The ship’s crew has begun rationing food and water onboard, he says, adding that 25 crew members have left the ship, with 95 remaining on board.
“If the port shuts down completely, then there is no possibility of getting the crew out,” he says.
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