FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A new World Maritime University report warns that long working hours at sea remain deeply normalised, exposing a significant gap between regulatory compliance and the real protection of seafarers’ and fishers’ health, safety and rights. The World Maritime University (WMU) has issued a report titled “Charting the distinct rights of sea workers in European waters: A focus on decent working time”, placing the spotlight on one of shipping’s most persistent human element challenges: working time at sea. RelatedNews Delayed medical evacuation leaves deceased sailor aboard ship for over 2 days Global Wellness Day: Why joy matters for maritime wellness var jnews_module_21373943_0_6a30eaee32ea1 = {"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":"21373943","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3838,36,524,1546,635,458,3863,528,467,386","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_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone"