Arti BaliNew Delhi, April 3 -- As attacks on commercial shipping surge, the plight of thousands of stranded seafarers in the Persian Gulf has worsened significantly even as countries coninue to focus on energy security.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has called for "urgent" global and coordinated diplomatic efforts to ensure the "safety of seafarers and the freedom of navigation."However, with countries grappling with potential energy shortages and escalating threats to vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, concerns over oil supply appear to be taking precedence over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions faced by seafarers.
So far, 21 attacks on commercial vessels have taken place since the start of the war on February 28,...