IMO stowaway focus

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Maritime Transport In Africa: Efforts To Avoid Illegal Passengers

International experts and port managers are meeting in a workshop in Yaounde to analyse the current situation of stowaways passengers on ships and define strategies to reduce their number.

The UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the National Ports Authority have jointly organised a seminar in Yaounde, bringing together international maritime experts and managers of selected ports in Africa. The three-day seminar opened March 20 by the Minister of Transport Jean Ernest Massena Ngale Bebehe is aimed at analysing the state of play of stowaways in African ports and laying down effective strategies to curb the phenomenon. Stowaways are people who hide in ships to illicitly move from one country to the other.

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Source: cameroon-tribune.cm