Bezos Targeted by Shipping Groups to Save Stranded Seafarers
- Shipping associations write open letter to Amazon.com founder
- Group says more than 400,000 seafarers are still stuck at sea
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Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos is being targeted by shipping groups to support some 400,000 seafarers stuck on merchant vessels because of port and border restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19.
While consumer giants such as Unilever Plc and Procter & Gamble Co. have called for measures to allow more crew changes at ports, ensure the safety of overworked seafarers and make sure supply chains don’t use forced labor, the world’s largest ecommerce retailer has so far remained silent on the issue, according to the International Chamber of Shipping.