Seafarers pushed from crisis to crisis as geopolitics targets global shipping

The world notices shipping when fuel prices rise, cargo is delayed or goods become more expensive. Far less attention is paid to the people still on board, watching through the night for drones and missiles.

That was the warning from International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez, who told the UN podcast Awake at Night that seafarers have been pushed from one crisis to another since the Covid-19 pandemic....