Ships have already sailed through the Strait of Hormuz under a newly launched evacuation scheme by the UN’s maritime agency, Reuters reports quoting a spokesperson.

“Ships have already begun to pass under the plan,” a spokesperson with the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) says, declining to provide any details on the vessels that had crossed.

At least two dry bulk ships and one cargo ship have sailed through Hormuz under the scheme in the past 12 hours, LSEG ship tracking data shows.

At least 35 other commercial ships, mainly dry bulk, cargo and container vessels, are preparing to sail through the strait, according to LSEG and MarineTraffic ship tracking data based on a Reuters analysis of ship movements.