An Associated Press review has found more than 2,000 seafarers were stranded last year across some 150 ships - the worst year on record. (AP video: Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes)

Stuck at sea for years, seafarer’s plight highlights surge in shipowner abandonment

An Associated Press review has found more than 2,000 seafarers were stranded last year across some 150 ships - the worst year on record. (AP video: Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes)