Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world's trade afloat

‘Ticking time bomb’ as contracts aren’t honoured and ports stop crews going ashore even for urgent medical care
Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThomas Stapley-Bunten was due to finish his contract aboard the Al Shamal, a huge cargo ship carrying liquid natural gas, early last month. The ship docked at the LNG terminal in Fos Cavaou, southern France, as planned, but by then the world was in coronavirus lockdown. He couldn’t disembark, and