Indian sailors’ SOS: ‘Company asking us to risk lives, cross Strait of Hormuz’

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Indian crew members on the ship AM Pioneer face pressure from shipowners to navigate the high-risk Strait of Hormuz, raising safety concerns. The Forward Seamen’s Union of India highlighted the dangers of this transit route amid current geopolitical tensions.

Forward Seamen’s Union of India has said that the shipowners and managers of AM Pioneer are “pressuring the Master to force its 16 Indian crew to transit the high-risk Strait of Hormuz”