A record levels of ship abandonment on the high seas has left thousands of seafarers stranded without pay, provisions, or a way home.
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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A record levels of ship abandonment on the high seas has left thousands of seafarers stranded without pay, provisions, or a way home.
In 2023, the Inspector Coordinator for the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) said the rise in numbers of seafarers’ abandonments is “unacceptable.”