FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Maritime Safety Committee has convened for its 111th session (MSC 111) at IMO Headquarters in London from 13-22 May 2026, addressing pressing maritime security and safety challenges. Before turning to the work of this session, the IMO Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, once again addressed the situation in the Strait of Hormuz on his opening remarks, which remains, as he noted, deeply concerning. According to the Secretary-General, a significant number of seafarers are currently stranded on board vessels unable to operate normally or depart the region, effectively confined for prolonged periods in a high-risk environment. RelatedNews Iraq and Pakistan strike deal with Iran to move oil and gas through Hormuz Iran expands its operational area in Hormuz var jnews_module_21372695_0_6a058ae57d157 = {"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":"21372695","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1503,1504,19,1036,4346,3363,280,4212,4404,39,2647,1582","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","paginat