News / The Loadstar Explains: Abandoned ships – and abandoned crews

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26/04/2024

From time to time, it is tempting to fantasise about a world with fewer laws, no institutions, no ‘red tape’. But for the merchant seafarer, this is a daily reality. IMO treaties give guidance on how people and their employers should behave – ...

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