The plight of seafarers during the the COVID pandemic was on the top of the agenda at a recent meeting of the Asian Shipowners’ Association.
Chairman of ASA Ship Insurance and Liability Committee, Mr Richard Hext said, ‘At the peak of the crew change crisis last year, around 400,000 seafarers were stranded at sea. This figure has mercifully reduced to around 200,000, but is still intolerable.
“It is especially disappointing to see cases of...