{"id":19361,"date":"2025-12-17T23:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=19361"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:29:43","slug":"statement-on-the-situation-in-the-black-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/statement-on-the-situation-in-the-black-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the situation in the Black Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19362\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMO-SG-statement_12-25_medium-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The Secretary-General\u00a0of the International\u00a0Maritime Organization\u00a0Mr. Arsenio Dominguez\u00a0has\u00a0issued a statement on the escalating situation in the Black Sea:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAs the situation continues to escalate in the Black Sea, I call on all parties to refrain from targeting innocent seafarers, port\u00a0workers\u00a0and merchant ships. 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