The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the shipping industry into chaos, with thousands of seafarers unable to leave their ships and many more stuck on foreign shores. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with retired US Navy Rear Adm. Fred Kenney, director of legal and external affairs at the International Maritime Organization, about the situation.
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