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"We don't have enough water on board right now. We got food a few days back," said one Indian seaman stuck in a small refuelling boat off Iraq, within sight of the Iranian shore.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

All told, 89 merchant vessels and more than 2,700 Allied seaman perished in the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Back outside, with a view of the port and the sunlit open sea, we met a merchant seaman, relaxing on a bench, who told us his son worked for the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

Dougie Shelley joined the Royal Navy at the age of 17, serving as a seaman gunner, and said earlier this year: "There is not many of us left."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025

“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

But the FAA expressly excludes from arbitration “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

A boatswain on a merchant ship, who supervises the deck’s seamen and manages equipment like ropes and cables, can earn nearly $5,200 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

But like many seamen, he says he needed the work.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Officials say another 28 people are unaccounted for but the families of seamen say the number is probably much higher.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023

The rest of the crew was made up of able seamen accustomed to the harsh weather of the North Sea, two doctors, a handful of university scientists, officers, a carpenter, and a cook.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong