FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In response to the increase in reported cases of seafarer abandonment, the World Maritime University (WMU) has launched a large-scale research initiative titled Seafarer Abandonment: A focused investigation into regulatory implementation. The new international research initiative is set to examine growing concerns over the enforcement of seafarer protections, as abandonment cases continue to rise sharply across the global shipping industry. The initiative funded by The TK Foundation, the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, and The Seafarers’ Charity, will examine how existing global protections for seafarers are implemented across flag, port, and labour-supplying States. RelatedNews Ships carrying fertilisers to India remain stuck in Strait of Hormuz NGO Shipbreaking Platform: 88 ships dismantled during Q1 2026 var jnews_module_21374122_0_6a329583d18ff = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21374122","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"133,3838,458,3863,467,1582,2970,386","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_num