Posts by Christiaan De Beukelaer
Ook Zeelieden Willen Naar Huis
De honderdduizenden zeelieden die niet aan wal raken, zijn de onzichtbare slachtoffers van de corona-epidemie. Toch zijn de rederijen niet snel geneigd om hun bemanningen te wisselen. Daar moet verandering in komen.
Read MoreCrew Change Crisis Risks Supply Chains – And Lives
Some 400,000 seafarers are currently stuck on ships, past the end of their contracts, unable to go home.
Read MoreThe Hundreds of Thousands of Stranded Maritime Workers Are the Invisible Victims of the Pandemic
Hundreds of thousands of maritime workers remain stranded at sea because many countries refuse to classify them as “essential workers” – it’s time to bring them home.
Read MoreFrom Locked Out to Locked In
When international ports close, what happens to those at sea?
Read MoreSailing Home
Statement from the Crew of the Avontuur, on arrival in Hamburg after six months at sea.
Read MoreIn the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea
A reflection on being at sea during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreBored of your box room? Try being marooned on the ocean!
The coronavirus means that my research on a sailing cargo ship is lasting a lot longer than I bargained for.
Read MoreSafe Aboard Avontuur
We are doing well. We are all safe, sound, and healthy aboard the Avontuur.
Read MoreMy Sailing Avontuur Across the Atlantic Starts – with Waiting
I will soon join the schooner Avontuur in her mission to reduce carbon emissions from cargo transport to zero.
Read MoreAn Argument for Reading More and Writing Less
With so much pressure to publish, when will we ever have time to read and reflect?
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