Gard's Kunal Pathak hosts a panel discussing seafarer abandonment and slavery at sea.

OnWatch episode 1 -  Spotlight on seafarer abandonment

Following up episode 1's conversation with an abandoned seafarer, Kunal Pathak talks with Gard's Alice Amundsen and the ITF's Mohamed Arrachedi about difficulties in repatriation and tips for avoiding  unscrupulous  companies.

OnWatch episode 2 - Spotlight on seafarer abandonment, Part 2

US Attorney, David Farrell wrote an intriguing article about the near demise of the US flag international fleet in the Tulane Maritime Law Journal titled “After 100 years: Has the Jones Act Sunk the Jones Act and vice versa?”. We talked about the history of the two prongs of the Jones Act legislation, cabotage and personal injury protection and compared the US closed registry for international ships to the system in Norway.  Finally, Dave gives his view on the potential impact of the Jones Act on the current US Administration efforts to quickly ramp up offshore wind energy production.

OnWatch episode 10: David Farrell on the Jones Act

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OnWatch episode 10: David Farrell on the Jones Act

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