More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without ...

AP investigative reporter Helen Wieffering built on her previous reporting experience to tell the story of a seafarer stranded on an abandoned ship, part of a growing global crisis in which shipowners ...

Across the world’s coastlines, rivers, and hidden bays lie the rusting skeletons of ships that once conquered oceans, carried ...

More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without ...

AP’s reporting found many flag states still don’t intervene. Panama, Palau and Tanzania each registered dozens of the ships reported as abandoned in 2024.

Cases have doubled in the past three years, impacting more than 3,000 seafarers across some 230 ships in 2024, according to an Associated Press analysis of U.N. data. Last year's figures could ...

Cases doubled in the past three years, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers on about 230 ships in 2024, according to an analysis of U.N. data.

Abandoned ships at sea have emerged as a serious maritime industry crisis, creating both navigational hazards and humanitarian concerns. Over recent years, hundreds of vessels have been left to ...

Cases doubled in the past three years, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers on about 230 ships in 2024, according to an analysis of U.N. data.

Cases doubled in the past three years, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers on about 230 ships in 2024, according to an analysis of U.N. data.

FILE - This combination of photos provided by Abdul Nasser Saleh shows the deck of the cargo ship Al-Maha, abandoned by its owners, at the seaport of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in January 2024.