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The Covid-19 pandemic has been rough sailing for everyone, and especially for seafarers on shipping vessels. As if moving more than 80% of the world's goods around wasn't hard enough, the pandemic brought about travel restrictions that made shipping more complicated. Hundreds of thousands of sailors and other shipping personnel have found themselves stuck on ships for much longer than planned, as virus precautions affected crew changes.
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