Panama requested the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim, to be a mediator helping seafarers and ship owners in relation to a crisis with ships that occurs in the Far East.
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This situation affects some 74 vessels and more than 1,500 crew members of various nationalities who are confined to their vessels in ports and waters of the People's Republic of China. These vessels are fully loaded with imported coal from Australia.
