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Women Make Up Just 1% of the World’s Seafarers, Global Survey Finds

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By Zahra Ahmed
| Marine Insight
Image Credits: Marine Insight Women account for just 1% of the world’s seafarers. That figure has hardly moved in years, despite multiple promises from within the industry to diversify the workforce. A new global survey of senior shipping leaders sharpens the focus on the number and reveals just how much the sector has yet to do. The discovery is just another piece of a bigger, long-term problem: having enough trained crew on ships in the first place.
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Piracy Incidents Rise To 137 In 2025 As Malacca Strait Records 80 Attacks

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By Zahra Ahmed
| Marine Insight
Image Credits: Marine Insight A new global survey of leaders in the shipping industry cites data from the International Maritime Bureau showing that there were 137 piracy and armed robbery incidents against ships in 2025, up from 116 the previous year. Most of these events are opportunistic, not sophisticated in execution.
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Contract Disputes & Unpaid Wages Become #1 Reason Seafarers Sought Help In 2025

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By Zahra Ahmed
| Marine Insight
The ISWAN SeafarerHelp 2025 Annual Review revealed that contractual breaches and wage theft remain the main concerns of seafarers, accounting for 25.4% of all cases handled by the helpline in 2025. When combined with the 12.5% of cases tied to Financial Issues and Compensation, it becomes clear that nearly two-fifths of all calls were about seafarers suffering due to economic exploitation.
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