IMO halts Hormuz evacuation after attack on Evergreen boxship
- Evacuation plans have been ‘temporarily paused’ following the attack as the IMO looks to re-establish required safety guarantees for vessels to transit
- The IMO said that the Singapore-flagged Ever Lovely was not transiting in coordination with the IMO when it was struck
- But Evergreen stated that it was using the route recommended by the UKMTO
- The attack can be seen as Tehran’s way of regaining control of the strait to force ships to comply with its guidelines, military intelligence firm warns
With evacuation plans off the table, the observed rise in transits through the strait has come under pressure
