Iranian strikes have effectively shut off the strait, which carries 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas supplies
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 3:16pm, 12 Mar 2026Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.
But more than 6,000 others from the country that supplies a quarter of the world’s sailors are still working in the conflict zone and surrounding areas, many waiting for the green light to pass through the now-deadly shipping lane.
For John Winston Isidro, life aboard his very large crude carrier has been marked by equal parts monotony and precaution since his ship began playing the waiting game.
