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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has revealed the scale of disruption unfolding across global shipping, with around 3,200 vessels and nearly 20,000 seafarers currently stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz.

A tanker carrying Russian naphtha for Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, along with at least four supertankers scheduled to load Venezuelan crude, have made abrupt U-turns in recent days following a U.S. seizure of a vessel transporting Venezuelan oil.

Emergency response teams from several agencies responded to a serious boating accident off the north end of Fort Myers Beach on Sunday, following reports of a vessel collision that resulted in multiple injuries.

The crash occurred near the FDR Drive, between 23rd and 25th streets, at approximately 2 p.m., and was captured on video.

The United States Coast Guard successfully rescued a 72-year-old passenger from Holland America Line’s Koningsdam on Thursday following a medical emergency that occurred 300 miles off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.