Tens of thousands of seafarers are stuck at sea working beyond their maximum 11-month contracts, as the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant hinders cargo ship operators’ ability to change over crews.
With the world’s 1.5 million sailors spending long stretches far from land, only about a quarter of them are fully vaccinated, ship operators, crewing agencies and industry trade bodies estimate.
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