FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called for an immediate end to attacks on civilian merchant vessels, warning that geopolitical conflicts are increasingly placing seafarers, maritime safety and global supply chains at risk. The warning comes after a renewed wave of attacks targeting international shipping in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov region. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said he strongly deplores the series of incidents over the past week involving civilian merchant ships operating in the area. RelatedNews Russian strike on cargo vessel results in ten deaths Missing seafarer found dead following containership attack off Oman var jnews_module_21378067_0_6a5f21ae3ff94 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378067","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4026,19,132,2610,383","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","a