Transport minister says second Turkish-owned ship has crossed Hormuz strait

April 04 2026 11:14:06

Transport minister says second Turkish-owned ship has crossed Hormuz strait

ISTANBUL

A second Turkish-flagged ship has crossed the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Türkiye's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said Saturday.

Uraloğlu said that when the war broke out on Feb. 28 there were 15 ships belonging to Turkish shipowners waiting to go through the strategic strait. "Two of these 15 made the crossing," he said in an interview on the private CNN Turk channel.

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