Officials from the shipping industry called on Thursday for safe passage for more than hundreds of seafarers and vessels stuck in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Ukrainian maritime officials have informed Reuters that there are about 100 foreign-flagged vessels and more than hundreds of mariners stranded in the Ukrainian ports owing to the war.
A seafarer was reportedly killed at the port of Olvia last week after his cargo vessel was hit by a missile. In recent times, four more vessels...