The global economy is largely dependent on the labour of seafarers, photo: Adobe Stock

The global economy is largely dependent on the labour of seafarers, photo: Adobe Stock

Abandoned

5 Jun 2025 | Headlines, Magazine, Shipping

Can you imagine going to work every day, on Saturdays and Sundays, seven days a week, for nine years in a row without a break and without pay? It's hard to imagine that this is exactly what happened to the Syrian ship's engineer Abdul Nasser Saleh against his will. The man had been working permanently on board the Tanzania-flagged ship Al Maha for 12 years since 2012 and had been repeatedly stalled and even threatened by his Saudi Arabian ship owners over the years due to a lack of pay,

5 Jun 2025

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