Almost 6,000 seafarers “remain stranded” in the Gulf, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) says as he calls for “maximum restraint and de-escalation”, AFP reports.

“I condemn the attacks over the past two days against several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement after US President Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over.

“These reckless attacks have again placed innocent seafarers in grave danger,” Dominguez added.