SEAFARERS continue to be victims due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine with casualties rising and insurers voiding the area, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
Russian forces fired on a Maltese-flagged general cargo ship, Apache, which changed course while in a convoy in the Sea of Azov.
The ship's stern was hit by artillery fire, the vessel boarded and the ship and unharmed crew took to the port of Yeysk.
Ukraine's economic output will contract 45.1 per cent this year.
A day prior to the event, Mariupol Port Authority's Kapitan Belousov was shelled with one crewman killed and several injured.
So far 10 merchant ships have been struck by artillery or mines with two seafarers confirmed dead.
Further casualties are likely as many seafarers remain stranded in the war zone.
The heads of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) called for urgent action to protect seafarers and vessels stranded in Ukrainian ports and nearby waters.
In a joint letter to the heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), ILO director-general Guy Ryder and IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim, outlined the plight of seafarers on 100 trading vessels who are unable to leave the ports of Ukraine and nearby waters.
'As well as the dangers arising from bombardment, many of the ships concerned now lack food, fuel, fresh water, and other vital supplies. The situation of the seafarers from many countries is becoming increasingly untenable as a result,
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Russian forces fired on a Maltese-flagged general cargo ship, Apache, which changed course while in a convoy in the Sea of Azov.
The ship's stern was hit by artillery fire, the vessel boarded and the ship and unharmed crew took to the port of Yeysk.
Ukraine's economic output will contract 45.1 per cent this year.
A day prior to the event, Mariupol Port Authority's Kapitan Belousov was shelled with one crewman killed and several injured.
So far 10 merchant ships have been struck by artillery or mines with two seafarers confirmed dead.
Further casualties are likely as many seafarers remain stranded in the war zone.
The heads of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) called for urgent action to protect seafarers and vessels stranded in Ukrainian ports and nearby waters.
In a joint letter to the heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), ILO director-general Guy Ryder and IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim, outlined the plight of seafarers on 100 trading vessels who are unable to leave the ports of Ukraine and nearby waters.
'As well as the dangers arising from bombardment, many of the ships concerned now lack food, fuel, fresh water, and other vital supplies. The situation of the seafarers from many countries is becoming increasingly untenable as a result,
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