Crew Change Crisis Awful With Rising Demand for Cargo Shipping

The International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) Australian branch said seafarers were kept working on ships for as long as 18 months.
As a result, they are unable to set foot on land because of Australia’s COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
This meant crews aboard vessels were unable to fly home when their contracts ended and replacement crews were unable to take their places for the ships’ next voyages.
The Mission to Seafarers Gladstone, a charity that aids international ship workers...