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Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for Shipping (2023, Manchester University Press)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 31 January 2023 / Comments Off on Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for Shipping (2023, Manchester University Press)

In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which…

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The COVID-19 seafarer crisis

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 25 August 2021 / Comments Off on The COVID-19 seafarer crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on board ships, leading to a ‘crew change crisis’ that needs urgent action

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COVID-19 Border Closures Cause Humanitarian Crew Change Crisis at Sea

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 24 June 2021 / Comments Off on COVID-19 Border Closures Cause Humanitarian Crew Change Crisis at Sea

COVID-19 Border Closures Cause Humanitarian Crew Change Crisis at Sea The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many countries to close their borders to travellers, in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. Given the initially indiscriminate travel restrictions adopted in March 2020, many seafarers have been stranded on their ships, well beyond their initial…

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COVID-19 At Sea: ‘The World As You Know It No Longer Exists’

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 4 May 2021 / Comments Off on COVID-19 At Sea: ‘The World As You Know It No Longer Exists’

Seafarers may be invisible; they are also indispensable. Despite the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is thanks to seafarers that the life as we know it still mostly exists.

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Stranded at Sea: The Humanitarian Crisis That’s Left 400,000 Seafarers Stuck on Cargo Ships

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 8 December 2020 / Comments Off on Stranded at Sea: The Humanitarian Crisis That’s Left 400,000 Seafarers Stuck on Cargo Ships

In early 2020, stranded cruise ships became a stark symbol of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now it’s seafarers stranded on cargo ships.

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Ships Moved More Than 11 Billion Tonnes Our Stuff Around the Globe Last Year, and It’s Killing the Climate. This Week is a Chance to Change

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 17 November 2020 / Comments Off on Ships Moved More Than 11 Billion Tonnes Our Stuff Around the Globe Last Year, and It’s Killing the Climate. This Week is a Chance to Change

It’s high time the international shipping industry radically curbed its emissions. The industry must set a net-zero target and adopt a realistic plan to meet it.

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Sail Cargo: Charting a New Path for Emission-Free Shipping?

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 5 November 2020 / Comments Off on Sail Cargo: Charting a New Path for Emission-Free Shipping?

If wind-propelled cargo vessels should be successful at helping to decarbonise shipping, a shift is needed in the way the industry works.

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Ook Zeelieden Willen Naar Huis

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 29 October 2020 / Comments Off on 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.

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The Hundreds of Thousands of Stranded Maritime Workers Are the Invisible Victims of the Pandemic

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 11 October 2020 / Comments Off on The 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.

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From Locked Out to Locked In

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 1 September 2020 / Comments Off on From Locked Out to Locked In

When international ports close, what happens to those at sea?

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