Mumbai: The National Union of Seafarers of India has written to the Secretary, Ministry of Shipping regarding the apprehension of seafarers trading in the pirate infested region.
It also warned the governments about a possible boycott call by NUSI to seafarers if the situation does not improve. This morning, the NUSI and Maritime Union of India (MUI) led a peach march in Mumbai for the release of the seafarers of "Stolt Valor" held in Somalia. The march started at the Royal Seamens Club on Ballard Estate and culminated at the Office of the Director General of Shipping (DGS). 12 other NUSI branch offices are also conducting similar peace marches in other Indian cities. The protests highlight an increasingly important issue within the shipping industry, and one that led major shipping industry organizations BIMCO, Intercargo, The International Group, InterManager, Intertanko, IPTA, ITF, IUMI, OCIMF, SIGTTO and ICS to issue an impassioned plea for action to protect merchant ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden at the start of this week's IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting. At any one moment around 300 ships are passing through the area serving the needs of the nations and peoples of the world; their right to the freedom of the High Seas for lawful purposes is under intolerable threat from organized criminals.
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