Cyprus, one of the world’s leading registries alongside Malta, has been warned that seafarers’ shore leave is becoming rare, short and, in some cases, non-existent, according to a global survey of 5,879 crew members from 121 countries by the World Maritime University.
Overall, 26.7 per cent of respondents had no shore leave at all during their contract, while 68.7 per cent said they never or rarely went ashore.
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