The 21 Indian crew on MV Dali, which crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge late March, have been caught on board for nearly three weeks, however there are a whole bunch of different Indian sailors stranded on ships internationally whose tales haven’t been advised.

It would possibly shock you that the majority deserted sailors are Indians. A report by International Transport Federation (ITF), launched in January, says 400 Indian crew had been deserted on ships final 12 months. Some haven’t acquired salaries for months, others have been conned into becoming a member of ‘arrested’ ships that can’t go away the ports the place they’re berthed (a ship is arrested when it has unpaid dues on the port or has been caught in some unlawful act).