German shipping group still cautious about Hormuz transit

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2026-04-08

Hamburg (dpa) - Germany's VDR shipping association welcomes the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States as an important signal for sailors stranded in the Gulf but remains cautious due to a lack of security guarantees, a spokesman told dpa on Wednesday. More than 2,200 commercial ships and some 20,000 sailors have been stuck in the Gulf since the outbreak of war on February 28, according to the VDR, after Iran threatened to attack s......

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