According to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, over 1,000 seamen are currently abandoned on container ships and bulk carriers.
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According to conversations with seafarers aboard abandoned boats, shipowners, agents, maritime organizations, and union officials, the actual toll is likely greater because many crewmen are afraid of being blacklisted.
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“It’s a worldwide humanitarian catastrophe,” said Mohamed Arrachedi, the union’s Middle East coordinator, who wakes up to hundreds of WhatsApp messages from distressed sailors around the world.
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