Pandemic maroons ship crews at sea, others on shore

The plight of the 150,000-plus seafarers caught up in coronavirus lockdown measures is one of the various emerging humanitarian crises of the pandemic. And it’s near a critical juncture, according to this report from Wired – in a typical month, around 100,000 seafarers either leave or join vessels around the world. That flow has dwindled dramatically and many seafarers have found themselves caught up in a tangle of red tape, partly because so many countries still refuse to classify them ...