Commodification of seafarers goes on…and on
The recent death of 22-year-old engineer cadet Dayra Wood on board a Panamanian-flag product carrier does not only sadden me. The ITF Panama inspector’s report, which was quoted in the ITF press statement of 10th September, it fills me with anguish and rage.
For more than two weeks, the ship nonchalantly sailed through Panama and thence to Mexico whilst the young woman’s body was stored inside the ship’s refrigerator. She was like frozen lamb in a supermarket before her remains were brought ashore for proper burial in Panama. Have seafarers been totally commodified? (more…)
