More vessels are crossing the Strait of Hormuz after Iran announced “non-hostile” ships may transit if they coordinate with Iranian authorities. But the future is uncertain according to an oil tanker master who was granted safe passage after being stranded three weeks in the region.
“One particular party may say it will allow safe passage, but conditions of safe passage depend on various factors, and parties involved are too many,” said Captain Samanth Baktavatsalam.
Baktavatsalam, an Indian national, is a tanker master with 27 years of sailing experience. But never before had he led a crew stranded at sea during an escalating conflict.
“It was quite intense,” he told CNN….