arsenio dominguez, really good to have you on the show.th this, because one of the reasons the iml exists is to look after the safety and for security of international shipping, so i have to ask you, given the scale of the threat in the red sea at the moment, is this the biggest challenge the imo has everfaced? of course, the key question, what can be done about it? it is one of the biggest challenges that the imo has faced, particularly in recent years. the reality is that, as you mentioned, shipping is a global sector. we transport over 80% of global trade, so any actions that are happening out there that could interrupt the trade, the global trade, will have a negative effect on you, and on everyone on this planet. we need to work very closely with all the stakeholders of all the member states. we know the agencies, the united nations in particular, in order to find practical solutions to a problem that we don't want to escalate. given something like 90% of everything in our lives comes to us on a container ship, just how important arse

it's as secretary general arsenio dominguez said there would be negative repercussions from the situationto our transport correspondent, katy austin. it is concerning. of course, we all want an ideal war where we don't have this geopolitical situation or negative affects. notjust on shipping, but on everything in society. trading has a pattern. and the safety of the seafarers is paramount, as well as the ships and the goods we carry out. as we have spoken on other incidents, like covid, we have seen immediately the negative repercussions that it has when shipping gets affected. we are indispensable when it comes to global trade and it is important to also recognise that in order to maintain stability in a war that is going through some challenges. and the longer it goes on, the more worrying? the more worrying it will become. we will continue to focus on the solutions, particularly with regions in the area, but of course, the sooner we can bring all the participants on the table, having those difficult but necessary conversations to de—escalate and bring this to a close, the better. the s

arsenio dominguez says the move represents additional 10 days to the journey's a negative impact on tradeits stance won't change until israel ends it steadly aggression against palestinians. resumed its military operations in the red sea by targeting another israeli linked ship traveling to occupied palestine. the latest attack comes just two days after a us navy helicopter killed 10 yemeni naval soldiers while patrolling the red sea. the spokesman for yemen's armed forces stated that the us attacks did not and will not stop yemen's military operations against israeli ships until the genocide in gaza ends: the yemani armed forces confirmed that maritime shipping is open in the red sea and in the arabian sea to the entire world except for the posts in the occupied palestine. we also confirm that any acts of aggression from the us will not pass by without punishment and retaliation. we also warn the american enemy and any other nation of transgression by protecting any shipments heading to the israeli entity. "the yemeny public has praised the army's military efforts against israel. today w

arsenio dominguez says, the move represents additional 10 days to the uh journeys and negative impact on trade with increasing freight rates. the any armed forces have been targeting israeli and israeli-bound commercial ships in the red sean support of palestinians in gaza. they have already announced that all vessels except israel bound can safely sail through the red sea and the sweez canal. the amany army has also defied us threats saying it stance won't. change until israel ends its steady aggression against palestinians, that's wrap for now, but stick around, i'll be back on the top of the news and brief. general sulmani was a brave man, he was a symbol against capitalization not only in iran also for all the countries in the region. look who was general qasim suleymani, he was fighting against daish, a proxy of international establishment, you can say americans and americans who supposed to call... daish a terrorist and instead of fighting against daish they were fighting against general qasim sulaymani was not only working for the cause of shia communities of the world but in f