Alfredo Parroquín-Ohlson, head of cargo in the IMO’s maritime safety division, said, “We just encourage them and tell them how important it is, but we cannot be a police.”
More than 20,000 shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?
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Officials with the International Maritime Organization, a specialized UN agency for regulating marine transportation, said they were appalled by the latest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and called for increased international assistance for seafarers.
U.S. efforts against Houthis to secure Red Sea proves daunting
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