<p>The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) legal committee is meeting this week in London and is discussing one of shipping’s darkest, most intractable problems, crew abandonment, with record numbers of seafarers being left to fend for themselves by owners across the world.&#160; Latest statistics from the database coordinated by the IMO and sister United Nations body, &#8230;</p> </p><p><p>https://splash247.com/imo-discusses-how-to-stem-record-cases-of-crew-abandonment/</p></p>