#InternationalTransportWorkers’Federation ITF: thousands of seafarers in the global shipping trade are being abandoned. Cases have surged by 135%, from 132 vessels in 2023 to 312 last year, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers #abandonedatsea
March 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#InternationalTransportWorkers’Federation ITF: thousands of seafarers in the global shipping trade are being abandoned. Cases have surged by 135%, from 132 vessels in 2023 to 312 last year, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers #abandonedatsea
No one should be imprisoned this way. That crews are left responsible for their employers' debts and ships is appalling.
#abandonedatsea #shipping #seaports #labortrafficking #seafarers #modernslavery #oceans #abandonedships #laborabuses #humantrafficking #shippingindustry
#abandonedatsea #shipping #seaports #labortrafficking #seafarers #modernslavery #oceans #abandonedships #laborabuses #humantrafficking #shippingindustry
‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea
Thousands of seafarers are left on board their vessels in foreign waters, unpaid, with scant supplies – and no way of getting home
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
No one should be imprisoned this way. That crews are left responsible for their employers' debts and ships is appalling.
#abandonedatsea #shipping #seaports #labortrafficking #seafarers #modernslavery #oceans #abandonedships #laborabuses #humantrafficking #shippingindustry
#abandonedatsea #shipping #seaports #labortrafficking #seafarers #modernslavery #oceans #abandonedships #laborabuses #humantrafficking #shippingindustry