ICS responds to ‘migrant crisis’

Mercator Media's summer party cruise was, in many ways, becoming a victim of its own success

In response to the continuing situation in the Mediterranean, which has necessitated commercial shipping to rescue tens of thousands of migrants and refugees during 2014, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for merchant shipowners, has published new Guidance on Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea.

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