• * Commercial ships help rescue one in 10 migrants in Mediterranean
• * Last October, one cargo ship picked up more than 400 people
• * No security checks possible, risks are high for everyone
• * European governments aren't yet doing enough, industry says

"I could smell a stench ... the vomit, the urination on deck," he said. "The whole ship was filthy. ... Everything was dumped on board including the life jackets. We had to get the ship clean and fumigated and get health checks for the crew and replenish the ship."

Dhadwal said the ship's insurers paid for cleaning and some other costs, but the company is still in talks with them over reimbursement, and it has yet to agree costs with the charterers whose barley was delayed.