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Maritime News
Passengers Abandon Cruise Grounded on Island from 2000 Movie “Cast Away"
Passengers aboard the Fiji cruise ship might have thought they were about to relive a scene from the 2000 movie…
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Maritime News
Danger in the Gulf from Abandoned Ships as One Grounds in Iran
Iranian officials on Friday, March 27, reported that one of the abandoned vessels has now drifted across the Persian Gulf…
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Port News
‘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…
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Port News
Live Animal Export: It’s 2025, why are hairy seafarers abandoned and left to linger and die onboard?
Dr Lynn Simpson returns to Splash today, discussing the ongoing livestock calamity taking place off Turkey. Today is day 54…
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Maritime News
Video: Coast Guard Rescues Family from Deserted Farmhouse After Boat Burns
The U.S. Coast Guard is recounting the harrowing experience of a family rescued after their boat burned, and they hastily…
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Maritime News
LPG Carrier on Fire and Drifting off Yemen Issues Distress Call
A Cameroon-flagged LPG carrier issued a distress call Saturday morning, October 18, while sailing near Yemen, but the cause of…
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Marine World
Seafarers Abandoned on Sanctioned Tanker in Persian Gulf Face Growing Crisis
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is urgently calling on UAE maritime authorities to intervene in a severe case of…
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Maritime News
ITF Warns Abandoned Tanker Crew is Caught in Sanctions on Illicit Oil Trade
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling attention to the fate of 19 seafarers abandoned on a sanctioned product…
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Maritime News
New Law Paves the Way for Abandoned Vessel Removal in Charleston
A contractor working for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has extracted a former U.S. Navy torpedo recovery…
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Port News
Abandoned seafarer crisis hits new high
New figures released this week by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reveal yet another disturbing surge in the abandonment…
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