IMO Secretary General Dominguez

IMO Secretary General Dominguez

International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during an interview at the organization's headquarters in London on July 23, 2026.

IMO Secretary General Dominguez

IMO Secretary General Dominguez

International Maritime Organization Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez speaks during an interview at the organization's headquarters in London on July 23, 2026.

IMO's Secretary General in Helsinki

IMO's Secretary General in Helsinki

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Arsenio Dominguez in Helsinki, Finland on February 29, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

IMO's Secretary General in Helsinki

IMO's Secretary General in Helsinki

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Arsenio Dominguez in Helsinki, Finland on February 29, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ongoing tensions in Red Sea to raise carbon emissions of vessels: Suez Canal chairman

STORY: Ongoing tensions in Red Sea to raise carbon emissions of vessels: Suez Canal chairman SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots (by the Suez Canal Authority) of a video conference 2. Shots of ships passing through the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Thursday that ongoing tensions in the Red Sea threaten "to exacerbate the volume of harmful carbon emissions of vessels as they consume larger amounts of fuel when they take alternative routes and sail for longer distances." His comments came during a virtual meeting with Arsenio Dominguez Velasco, the newly appointed secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to discuss the repercussions of the current situation in the Red Sea region. "Navigation in the Suez Canal continues and has not stopped despite the various challenges... and we continue to communicate with customers and support