‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Record 6,223 seafarers abandoned in 2025

Seafarer abandonment hit record levels in 2025, according to new data compiled by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), with 6,223 seafarers abandoned across 410 ships, the sixth year in a row that the number of vessels on which abandonments occurred has broken records. The numbers represent a 31% increase in such ship abandonments compared …

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