The world has seen how the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has forcibly sealed people off from their jobs and daily norms. In the shipping industry, mariners were either obliged to stay aboard vessels due to unavailability of air transportation to bring them back to their home countries, while others remained at home to wait out the crisis and reapply for a job onboard.

Rusty Burlado PHOTO BY RUSTY BURLADO

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