Today marks the 14th annual International Day of the Seafarer and it comes at a time when the lure of a career at sea is being severely challenged. António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, added his own thoughts on today’s seafarer celebration. “Attacks on international shipping routes and acts of piracy are unacceptable. Seafarers should not be collateral victims in wider geopolitical conflicts,” Guterres stressed. The 2020s are proving to be a very hard period to entice people to work at sea.

Source: International New York Times June 25, 2024 08:54 UTC