Thanks to the expanding global grid of editors at news outlets that have asked to partner with us for the sake of running these stories from The Outlaw Ocean Project, we recently published a piece tied to the deadly explosion in Beirut that takes a look at the wider problem of abandonment of ships, seafarers and cargo around the world and its environmental, public safety and human toll.

This story was published in over 20 international news outlets within 20 countries, translated into more than 11 languages, and had an overall cumulative readership of over 115.3 million.

• UNITED STATES
  San Francisco Chronicle
  The Nation
• CANADA
  National Post
  CTV News
• MEXICO
  El Sol De Mexico
• ARGENTINA
  Clarín
• IRELAND
  Irish Times
• THE NETHERLANDS
  NRC Handelsblad
• GERMANY
  Der Spiegel
• LIBERIA
  Liberian Daily Observer
• ITALY
  Investigative Reporting Project Italy
• QATAR
  Gulf Times
• BRAZIL
  O Globo
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Diario Libre
• COLOMBIA
  El Tiempo
• THE PHILIPPINES
  The Manila Times
• ESTONIA
  Ohtuleht
• HAITI
  Le Nouvelliste
• ZIMBABWE
  Zimbabwe Independent
• INDIA
  Gaon Connection Part 1
  Gaon Connection Part 2
• SINGAPORE
  Splash
• PALAU
  Island Times
• SPAIN
  Context (CTXT)
• PALAWAN
  The Palawan News
• VIETNAM
  VietNam News

Global Seafarer Abandonment

— created by Matthew and Eliza Ade

Seafarer abandonment is an ongoing issue, further inflamed by the current pandemic. Holly Pate, digital strategies editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, wrote a piece discussing the seafarers currently stranded that was published in El Sol, Island Times, The Palawan News, The Nation, El Tiempo, and Sentient Media.