A ferry carrying about 100 passengers entered the Strait of Hormuz from Bandar Abbas as wartime disruption hit local fishing and tourism, The Guardian reported Wednesday.
The ferry was about half full. Capt Farouq steered it toward deeper water after departure, while radar beeps sounded and green and pink indicators lit the console, the report said.
The Guardian described fishers, captains and harbor workers whose jobs depend on the strait. It also reported that disruption had affected fishing and tourism livelihoods.
At an Oct. 20 weekly briefing, Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi, director of the Media and Communication Department at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said disruption to the strait’s waters and infrastructure would harm communities across the region, including Iranians. He cited regional reliance on the waters for desalination, navigation and fisheries. Al Hashmi also identified a mine explosion, an oil spill from a vessel and damage to internet cables as possible sources of wider harm.
Qatar has also sought to keep U.S.-Iran mediation active and pursue reopening of the strait, as described in EconoTimes’ earlier report on Qatar’s mediation effort.
