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The plight of Abdul Nasser Saleh, who spent nearly a decade working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at Red Sea ports, sheds light on the growing issue of shipowner abandonment, with over 2,000 seafarers on around 150 ships abandoned last year. The United Nations has seen a rise in crew members being left stranded for months or even years without pay, as shipowners struggle with rising costs. The monitoring of abandonments by the UN's labor and maritime organizations has revealed the highest number of cases in two decades, exacerbated by the pandemic and economic challenges faced by shipowners worldwide.
Source: YAHOO