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Tanker sailors still face danger in the Strait of Hormuz

NPR | By Rob Schmitz,
Henry Larson, Sarah Robbins
Published August 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM EDT

An agreement over the Strait of Hormuz is still far away. Tim Wilkins, who works for a tanker industry group, says the ships stuck around the waterway are in limbo, and transiting is still dangerous.

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