International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim is urging member states to join the 13 that last week signed a pledge to help get more than 200,000 seafarers repatriated.
The IMO has said those seafarers have spent months beyond their contracts stuck on ships because of travel restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. A similar number of seafarers are waiting to board ships and begin work, according to the IMO.
The joint statement issued last week calls for...