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Sekimizu called for a safety review of the latest generation of mega-cruiseships The newly elected International Maritime Organiation (IMO) secretary general Koji Sekimizu is planning a fresh initiative on passenger safety following the Costa Concordia tragedy.Sekimizu says that although under maritime international law, the incident could be handled entirely by the Italians under Italian law, he feels passengership safety should be tackled at a global level through the IMO.IMO secretary general, Koji Sekimizu. The latest edition of TradeWinds weekly newspaper reports that Sekimizu called for a safety review of the latest generation of mega-cruiseships at an International Maritime Industries Forum event in London."The Costa Concordia accident happened in Italy, it is an Italian ship with an Italian master sailing under the Italian flag. This could be handled under Italian law but among the passengers there were 70 other nationalities involved and the cruise business is an international activity."He said he expects to set up a new agenda for discussing passengership safety at the upcoming Maritime Safety Council (MSC) meeting scheduled for May.He added that at the MSC meeting member states may decide to tackle the safety of large passengerships."The new agenda may trigger a safety evaluation of large passenger vessels ...