On 18 and 19 March in London, the International Maritime The International Organization (IMO) will hold an extraordinary meeting of its to address the impact on maritime transport and crews of ships in the situation in the Arabian Sea, in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf region, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz. The extraordinary session, which will be chaired by the Spaniard Victor Jiménez, ) was summoned to following the requests of several members of the Board.

Meanwhile, yesterday and today the Secretary General of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, held meetings with organizations in the sector and Member States to share information and discuss recent developments.

Until yesterday, attacks on ships in the region following the state of war in progress since 28 February when The US and Israel have begun attacks on Iran involved 15 naval units, of which at least 11 suffered damage or fires that caused the death of eight seafarers, the wounding of ten and currently resulting three missing.