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Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars

The global shipping industry is facing a "genuinely unprecedented" convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as "leverage" in conflicts that have nothing to do with them.

Ships and seafarers increasingly caught in the crossfire of unrelated wars

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The global shipping industry is facing a "genuinely unprecedented" convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as "leverage" in conflicts that have nothing to do with them.

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The global shipping industry is facing a "genuinely unprecedented" convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as "leverage" in conflicts that have nothing to do with them.

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