**[FREE eBOOKs] Have You Downloaded Marine Insight's 12 FREE Maritime eBooks? Click Here To Download Now You are here: Home › Shipping News › ITF Seafarers Secures Tanker Crew Release In Iran ITF Seafarers Secures Tanker Crew Release In Iran February 22, 2021 TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestBuffer More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its Iranian affiliate helped broker their release from Iranian authorities. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized the South Korean-flagged tanker MT Hankuk Chemi in the Strait of Hormuz on 4 January 2021. The crew detained in the process were five South Korean, 11 Burmese, two Vietnamese and two Indonesian seafarers.