Global supply chains are still backed up. And you might be well aware of that because you’ve ordered something online that you’re still waiting to receive. But the people who work on these global shipping routes are in a different kind of limbo. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor is based in Shanghai and she talked with one merchant mariner on a ship that carries goods between China and the US.
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