Maersk’s Feeder Rescues 113 Migrants off Italy

Maersk Line’s feeder containership Alexander Maersk picked up 113 people from a boat off southern Italy, at around 4:30 am CET Friday morning, Maersk Line’s spokesperson confirmed to World Maritime News.

Last Week of May Deadliest in the Mediterranean Sea

Last week’s migrant death toll in the Mediterranean Sea is believed to be the biggest this year as 1,083 migrants are estimated to have died or gone missing in nine separate accidents, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

“Safer, managed routes” for migrants needed to prevent disaster, says IMO head

IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu today reiterated calls for coordinated international action to safeguard migrants, following the loss of hundreds of migrant lives over the weekend. ...

No easy answers on migrants

The High-level Meeting to Address Unsafe Mixed Migration by Sea took place at the IMO last week, just a day after more than 100 refugees had been picked up by...

Merchant ships left as main lifeline to desperate migrants

Who remembers the fine work done by merchant ships after the Vietnam war, with the “boat...

Greece seeks EC influence to tackle surge in illegal migrants

Incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made Athens his first call after...