UN rights chief Volker Turk on Friday urged countries involved in the Middle East war to help evacuate and repatriate some 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
"Parties to the conflict should urgently work to facilitate safe passage for stranded seafarers to safely evacuate and disembark, as well as ensure the delivery of critical supplies," his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo told reporters in Geneva.
Daily vessel transits of the Strait of Hormuz were steady at three for each of the past three days, according to preliminary shiptracking data.
Three vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz each day from July 22 to July 24, data from analytics firm Kpler showed.
On Friday, one more laden very large crude carrier (VLCC) — Romania Prosperity — appeared off Fujairah outside the strait with Murban crude, though its destination is so far unknown, and two empty soft commodity bulk carriers exited the strait into the Gulf.
On Thursday, VLCC New Giant, loaded with 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude, exited the strait and was due to arrive at China's Rizhao port by mid-August.
Another two ships — including empty VLCC Noble — also entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
The US military said late on Thursday that it had completed a 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
