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Hundreds of thousands of mariners are trapped on cargo ships around the world, well beyond their contract durations.

Despite being essential for global trade, they are campaigning for "key worker" status while being frustrated by shifting quarantine requirements and a patchwork of local and international laws.

Ivana Davidovic speaks to sailors whose lives have been upended - from missing weddings and funerals to being banned from going ashore since the start of the pandemic.

PHOTO: Cargo ship/Getty Images