More than 6,000 seafarers were left stranded in 2025 without pay or the prospect of returning home
The abandonment of seafarers hit record highs in 2025, prompting demands for governments to blacklist the worst-offending shipowners and their vessels. The sixth successive increase in ship abandonments affected 410 vessels and 6,223 seafarers,
Shipping industry urges Red Sea action as Houthis sink second vessel
LONDON : Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship. Iran-aligned