The COVID-19 pandemic has been rough sailing for everyone, and especially so for seafarers on shipping vessels. As if moving more than 80% of the world"s goods wasn"t a big mission already, the pandemic created urgent needs for certain goods to be shipped to all corners of the globe. At the same time, it forced travel restrictions that made shipping more complicated. Hundreds of thousands of sailors and other shipping personnel have found themselves stuck on ships much longer than planned as virus precautions impede crew changes.
Global commerce in motion
Today in History
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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A medieval Moorish gem
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Ronda, Spain
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Christmas Tree Point Road and Twin Peaks, San Francisco
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The Great Glen
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Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
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Ready for takeoff
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An island for the birds
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Mount Logan in Yukon, Canada
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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A summertime light show
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A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Here’s looking at you, teachers
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Bask in the glow—It s World Turtle Day
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A whale of a picture
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Moving as one
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Yosemite National Park, California
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Red Planet Day
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National Trails Day
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Fox kits
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Ukrainian Independence Day
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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Computer Science Education Week
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act