Live Tracking of Seafarer Abandonment

A map of the ILO’s seafarer abandonment database, with additional information on companies taken from the IMO Web Accounts database. Last updated: 12/11/2020

This map shows the extent of the problem of seafarer abandonment. It uses the active, inactive, and resolved cases of the International Labour Organisation’s database, with information on companies coming from the International Maritime Organisation’s database. It also maps cases not picked up by the ILO, which have been found from reporting and journalism on the issue.
Please note that:

• In hotspots like Sharjah, Istanbul, and Malta there are many cases represented by the same point. Click through them to see them all. 
• The locations are estimated based on the database. It is not always clear where the vessel was.
• The numbers of affected seafarers is also an estimate, as sometimes the data is missing or unclear.
• In non-ILO cases, data is difficult to verify.

The map is updated every month. If you would like access to the spreadsheets we have built from the database, please fill in the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Layers

Active CasesNon-ILO casesResolved CasesInactive CasesSeafarers By NationalityTopographicWorld HillshadeWorld Topographic Map

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If you would like to use this map you are welcome to. Please credit Matthew & Eliza Ader, 2020.