- A huge increase in cases of seafarer abandonment was registered in 2024, with 310 cases reported to the IMO/ILO joint database compared with 142 in 2023.
- That represents a 118% increase year on year and gives 2024 the unwanted record number of cases, which it has taken from 2023.
- Cases of abandonment have been steadily increasing for some time now.
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are 1,145 abandonment incidents listed in joint IMO/ILO database since it was...
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