{
  "id": 164535,
  "title": "Hong Kong ship crews stranded in Strait of Hormuz ‘safe and offered counselling’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/hong-kong-ship-crews-stranded-in-strait-of-hormuz-safe-and-offered",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-05T05:59:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3363016/hong-kong-ship-crews-stranded-strait-hormuz-safe-and-offered-counselling"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Crew members aboard about 80 Hong Kong-owned ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz for five months have enough supplies and access to video counselling, an industry representative has said, adding that the seafarers face little immediate danger despite the stand-off. Kenneth Lam Sze-kin, deputy chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, said on Wednesday that the roughly 1,600 crew…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}