{"id":689,"date":"2020-05-05T19:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/?p=689"},"modified":"2025-04-01T01:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:01:33","slug":"thousands-of-seafarers-are-stranded-aboard-ships-with-no-end-to-their-shift-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namma.org\/thousands-of-seafarers-are-stranded-aboard-ships-with-no-end-to-their-shift-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of seafarers are stranded aboard ships, with no end to their shift in sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Image:<em> A lonely sight.&nbsp;Rinson Chory\/Unsplash,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/artlibre.org\/licence\/lal\/en\">FAL<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Dr. Helen Devereux, Researcher in Seafarer health and safety, Solent Unviersity.<\/strong> <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/thousands-of-seafarers-are-stranded-aboard-ships-with-no-end-to-their-shift-in-sight-137324\">Originally published May 4 in The Conversation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, there was much attention on the plight of cruise tourists. Governments around the world&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/27\/stranded-at-sea-cruise-ships-around-the-world-are-adrift-as-ports-turn-them-away\">closed their ports<\/a>&nbsp;to cruise ships and refused to allow passengers to disembark. While all cruise passengers are now ashore, those who work on cruise ships are not, with an estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/apr\/30\/no-end-in-sight-100000-crew-on-cruise-ships-stranded-at-sea-coronavirus\">100,000 cruise ship workers<\/a>&nbsp;currently stranded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same is true of workers on cargo ships. There are an estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ics-shipping.org\/free-resources\/manpower-report-2015\">1.6 million<\/a>&nbsp;seafarers working onboard various types of ships. These men and women are responsible for transporting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/business.un.org\/en\/entities\/13\">90% of<\/a>&nbsp;the world\u2019s trade. From the food that we eat to the clothes that we wear, pretty much everything we own was transported by a seafarer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These workers live and work onboard for months at a time, driving the ship, maintaining its machinery and loading and discharging cargo at ports around the world. With an average crew size of just&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/global\/Documents\/dttl-er-challengeindustry-08072013.pdf\">23 people<\/a>, seafarers are used to social isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the surface, all seems well: goods are still flowing. But the men and women who are transporting these goods are struggling. In a normal month, approximately&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ics-shipping.org\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/03\/19\/joint-open-letter-to-united-nations-agencies-from-the-global-maritime-transport-industry\">100,000 seafarers<\/a>&nbsp;leave their ships and are replaced by others, but these crew changes have been cancelled. Over a month ago, Maersk, the world\u2019s largest container line,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradewindsnews.com\/containerships\/maersk-cancels-crew-changes-as-color-line-repatriates-2-000-seafarers\/2-1-775547\">suspended all crew changes<\/a>&nbsp;and then recently announced a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com\/LL1131839\/Maersk-extends-crew-change-prohibitions\">further extension<\/a>&nbsp;to the crew change suspension. Other shipping lines have also suspended crew changes. It is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ics-shipping.org\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/04\/30\/global-shipping-fleet-to-sound-horns-on-labour-day-to-raise-alarm-over-need-for-urgent-crew-change\">estimated<\/a>&nbsp;that 150,000 seafarers are currently waiting to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for every day that passes, even more seafarers are finishing their expected tour of duty but remain stranded. Seafarers onboard cargo ships are now, in effect, prisoners unable to leave the ship, even to go ashore and use basic facilities, such as the internet, that most of us take for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stranded<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m in contact with some of these men and women. Andy, a captain onboard a ship with 13 crew, has told me that as of April 24 over three-quarters of the crew are still onboard, despite finishing their tour of duty. He said: \u201cThe worst part is the not knowing, having nothing to work towards mentally.\u201d It\u2019s hard to understand a situation whereby you go to work only to be told you can\u2019t go home and no one has any idea of when you\u2019ll be able to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stranded seafarers are missing key events at home, such as the birth of children. Their partners and families are left to cope in the pandemic without them, with no idea when they will return home. My&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/109013\/2\/Helen%20Devereux%20PhD%20Thesis%20FINAL.pdf\">own research<\/a>&nbsp;indicates that even in normal times, the delayed return of a seafarer can be particularly tough on their families, especially those with young children, with many workers eagerly counting down the days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly half of Andy\u2019s crew left home in November, long before any mention of COVID-19. He told me: \u201cIt\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to maintain morale and I\u2019m worried that our minds are all increasingly focused on other matters and because of this one of us might do something unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy is right to worry. This is a dangerous industry, with seafarers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24671028\">21 times<\/a>&nbsp;more likely to be killed in a work-related accident than workers ashore. In addition to their \u201cminds no longer being on the job\u201d, those onboard are also likely to be suffering from fatigue, owing to the fact they are likely working&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/ER-07-2019-0294\">ten hours a day seven days a week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concerns for safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/109013\/2\/Helen%20Devereux%20PhD%20Thesis%20FINAL.pdf\">My research<\/a>&nbsp;indicates that remaining onboard beyond the expected end of a tour poses a risk for safety. One senior officer told me about a time when he had been waiting, with his suitcase, for a helicopter to leave the vessel when he learned that the worker coming to relieve him was no longer coming. He had to remain onboard for five more days. During this time, he reported being unable to focus on the job and thinking only about being at home. He readily acknowledged that during this time he was a risk to both himself and the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as posing an issue for safety, remaining onboard beyond the expected end of a tour of duty has an adverse impact on seafarers\u2019 wellbeing, which was again apparent in my study. Seafarers struggled to remain positive when they didn\u2019t go home, with one explaining to me that going home on the expected date was hugely important and that he\u2019d seen colleagues get very upset when they weren\u2019t relieved on time. The adverse impact on wellbeing is particularly concerning given that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/31094424\">a study<\/a>&nbsp;last year found seafarers to have relatively high rates of depression and thoughts of suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given concerns for both their safety and wellbeing, it is vital that governments around the world work together to get those seafarers who have finished their tour of duty home. And when they do, we should all thank these hidden keyworkers for their sacrifices.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>This article is republished from <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/thousands-of-seafarers-are-stranded-aboard-ships-with-no-end-to-their-shift-in-sight-137324\">original article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: A lonely sight.&nbsp;Rinson Chory\/Unsplash,&nbsp;FAL by Dr. Helen Devereux, Researcher in Seafarer health and safety, Solent Unviersity. Originally published May 4 in The Conversation. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, there was much attention on the plight of cruise tourists. 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