Sunday 31 January 2021

'Sea Prison': COVID-19 Has Left Hundreds Of Thousands Of Seafarers Stranded

'Sea Prison': COVID-19 Has Left Hundreds Of Thousands Of Seafarers Stranded

On a chilly January morning, the Rev. Mary Davisson climbs up the stern ramp of the Tonsberg, an enormous ship bobbing in the murky waters at the Port of Baltimore. Davisson, the executive director and port chaplain of the Baltimore International Seafarers' Center, has spent much of her nearly two-decade career helping foreign crew members arriving in port, whether it is giving them a lift into town to buy personal items or just enjoying a coffee with them.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/959626340/-sea-prison-covid-19-has-left-hundreds-of-thousands-of-seafarers-stranded?source=Snapzu

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