Kimanin ma’aikatan jiragen ruwa 20,000 ne suka makale a teku bayan da ƙasar Iran ta ƙarfafa matakan iko a mashigar Strait of Hormuz, wacce ke ɗaya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin jigilar man fetur a duniya.
Iran ta kafa wata hukuma mai suna “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” domin kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa a yankin. A cewar kafafen yaɗa labarai na gwamnatin ƙasar, yanzu dole ne jiragen ruwa su nemi izini ta hanyar imel kafin su bi ta mashigar, a wani mataki na ƙoƙarin Tehran na ƙara iko a daidai lokacin da rikicin yankin ke ƙaruwa.
Wannan mataki ya zo ne bayan farashin man fetur ya haura dala $114 a kowace ganga kafin ya sauka zuwa kusan $109, biyo bayan iƙirarin sojojin United States cewa sun lalata jiragen ruwan Iran guda shida bayan zargin kai hare-hare kan jiragen kasuwanci. Sai dai Iran ta musanta wannan rahoto, tana mai kiran sa da “ƙarya”.
Ƙasar United Arab Emirates ma ta bayar da rahoton hare-haren makamai masu linzami da jiragen sama marasa matuƙa daga Iran, lamarin da ya ƙara tayar da hankalin tsaro a yankin.
Shugaban Amurka, Donald Trump, ya sanar da wani shiri mai suna “Project Freedom”, inda ya yi alkawarin ba da kariya ta soji ga jiragen kasuwanci. Duk da haka, kamfanonin jigilar kaya sun nuna shakku wajen ci gaba da zirga-zirga saboda matsalolin tsaro.
Ƙungiyar International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) ta yi gargadi cewa dole ne a dawo da ‘yancin zirga-zirgar ruwa cikin gaggawa, amma tare da ba da fifiko ga tsaron ma’aikatan jiragen ruwa. Ta ce kimanin ma’aikata 20,000 ne suka makale a kan jirage kusan 2,000 — wani lamari da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba.
Haka kuma, United Nations ta yi kira da a gaggauta dawo da zirga-zirgar ruwa, tana mai cewa rufe mashigar na “ƙuntata tattalin arzikin duniya” ta hanyar hana fitar da man fetur, gas, taki, da sauran muhimman kayayyaki.
Tun bayan fara rikicin a ƙarshen watan Fabrairu, farashin man fetur na Brent ya ƙaru da fiye da kashi 50%, tare da gibin samar da ganga miliyan 14.5 a kowace rana, lamarin da ke nuna irin tasirin wannan rikici ga tattalin arzikin duniya.
