Two webinars around last Thursday’s Day of the Seafarer drew attention to the misery of some 400,000 stranded seafarers who cannot return home to their families or, conversely, sign on for new employment.
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) plans to shrink its fleet size by a maximum of 40 ships as it looks to reduce market exposure as part of a ‘crisis response’ amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.