Voyages of Abuse Seafarers, Human Rights and International Shipping

A.D. Couper is former head of the Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport at the University of Cardiff and past Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) in that department, the world's leading maritime studies centre. He has several years of shipping experience and has been a consultant with UN agencies, IMO, ILO, and UNCTAD. C.J. Walsh has experience in tankers and pilotage. He has also worked in port operations, hydrography and salvage in East Africa and the Middle East. B.A. Stanberry is director of a research and consultancy company specialising in the legal aspects of seafarers' occupational health and safety, and is a regular contributor to journals in this field. G.L. Boerne has experience in seafaring and the small vessel sector in developing countries