IMO prepares evacuation plan for 20,000 seafarers
Singapore, April 22 -- The International Maritime Organization (IMO is working on an evacuation plan for 20,000 seafarers stranded aboard 1,600 vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf, according to secretary general Arsenio Dominguez.
Dominguez told a maritime conference in Singapore on Tuesday that stranded sailors were suffering from stress and fatigue. "We need to know everything that they're going through," he said.
Dominguez urged shipping companies to provide remote support to the sailors on areas like mental health.
He said some countries have established round-the-clock helplines for the seafarers, while others have been providing them with food. But more could be done on a personal level, such as proactively reaching out to sailors to li...
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