China sailor creates ‘radio station’ to connect families with seamen stranded in Strait of Hormuz

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A Chinese man has used public maritime radio to create a “family’s voice station” on which sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz can relay safety messages to their families.Liu Yiwen, a native of Jilin province in northeastern China, is a second officer on a Singaporean commercial ship which is now anchored near the Khor Fakkan harbour administered by the United Arab Emirates, China’s state media CCTV reported.The ship had planned to head to the Persian Gulf to load liquid petroleum gas...