Just under 5,000 seafarers have been recorded as being abandoned on 336 ships since 2004. Figures from the IMO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reported in Splash 24/7, indicate that, far from declining, instances of abandoning crew are worsening. In fact by last month, the IMO/ILO database had recorded 13 ships on which crew had been abandoned – ahead of the five-year average of 12-17 prior to 2018. A …
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