IMO suspends Hormuz evacuation plan after vessel hit near Oman International Maritime Organisation Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez says the group has suspended its evacuation plan for vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. The plan, launched earlier this week, was paused after a vessel was hit near Oman's coastal waterways in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. "I have been informed of an attack today in the Gulf of Oman on a vessel which passed through the Strait of Hormuz.