Life on the high seas can be satisfying
But developments in the last decade have conspired to raise levels of stress, fatigue, red tape and loneliness for seafarers
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LAST week's Strait Talk considered the scourge of piracy, a menace that makes life at sea more dangerous and less attractive.
Overall though, is a career at sea something to recommend to friends and family? As a fourth-generation seafarer, I am not upset that none of my children have put on a blue uniform.
The latest memo circulated by the maritime education and training (MET) establishment body GlobalMET quoted the following "sad comment" by an unknown author:
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