Once again (but likely only fleetingly) the plight of crews on abandoned, uninsured, failing ships has hit the news.

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Once again (but likely only fleetingly) the plight of crews on abandoned, uninsured, failing ships has hit the news.

Here is both a BBC news story about the plight of seafarers on this rusty hulks, where they have been abandoned, often having received no pay, and unable to either leave the ship or get home... and the piece I wrote for @NWBylines exploring this issue 18 months agp.

#shipping #workers

The shadowy world of abandoned oil tankers

A growing number of tankers and other commercial vessels are being ditched by their owners.

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

Chris May | North West Bylines

Christopher May is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Lancaster University, having retired in 2021. Before becoming Professor at Lancaster he worked as University of the West of England, Bristol. Before becoming an academic Chris worked in the music industry, helped run his family’s small international booksellers, and in the early 1990s worked for Charter88, a political pressure group campaigning for constitutional change. Chris can be found on Mastodon - search: Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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