Maritime shipping unions and companies maintained on Wednesday their classification of the Strait of Hormuz as a war operations zone until at least July 9, amid a state of tension and intermittent confrontations between Iranian and American forces in recent days.
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Under this classification, which applies to ships belonging to companies that are signatories to the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) agreements, numbering approximately 15,000 ships worldwide, the doubling of wages for seafarers working in the region will be maintained, despite the fragile truce in place.
Under this measure, seafarers covered by the labor agreement who work on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and its surrounding waters receive doubled wages. They are also granted the full right to refuse to sail to the region and request to return to their countries at the expense of the operating companies, which raises the financial costs incurred by maritime shipping companies.
In turn, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG), which represents employers in the maritime transport sector, issued a joint statement explaining that “this decision acknowledges the continued serious danger to lives and the rapid developments in the situation in the region.”
Maritime shipping companies had been optimistic that the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and America would contribute to calming the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. However, recent American interventions and attempts to impose other passage routes without coordinating with Iran have maintained the state of instability as it is.
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