FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has strongly condemned a recent wave of attacks and vessel seizures involving civilian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, urging all parties to immediately stop using commercial vessels as instruments of war. Within a 24-hour period, three civilian vessels were attacked and two were seized by Iran, while the United States also seized one vessel. ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton said these actions are deliberate and not accidental, warning that commercial shipping has effectively become “a theatre of this war,” with civilian seafarers bearing the consequences. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Windward: Hormuz shipping is increasingly going dark var jnews_module_21370929_0_6a03496bf1379 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370929","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,134,467,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position