Special Issue: Asia-Pacific and the global maritime industry Guest Editors: Roderick Galam, Iris Acejo and Nelson Turgo

Special issue introduction

Asia Pacific and the global maritime industry: Hierarchies, vulnerabilities, solidarities
Roderick Galam, Iris Acejo and Nelson Turgo

Special issue articles

Chinese seafarers’ use of the Internet and social media to promote labor rights
Lijun Tang

Precariousness and vulnerability: Seafarers in the COVID-19 pandemic
Desai Shan, Cory Ochs, Sriram Rajagopal, Hugo Andres Rojas Aldieri and Pengfei Zhang

Filipino seafarers’ experiences and perceptions of psychosocial interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sanley Abila and Serafin Malecosio Jr.

Trapped in the COVID-19 pandemic: Seafarers and the global crew change crisis
Maria Borovnik

Discrimination during COVID-19: Assessing migrant workers’ vulnerability to forced labor in Thailand’s seafood industry
Johanna Lee, Kimberly Rogovin and Sudarat Musikawong

Tales of the sea: Seafarers’ sense of place in the management of socialities and safety culture at sea
Nelson Turgo

Regular articles

Spatial spillover effects of fiscal expenditure and economic opportunity on internal migration in Taiwan
Hao-Chen Huang, Po-Hsun Hung, Chin-Fu Hung and Ting-Hsiu Liao

Economic, social and psychological drivers of labor trafficking and its impacts: A case study on returned Bangladeshi survivors
Ahmed Abidur Razzaque Khan, Garry J. Stevens, Nichole Georgeou, Dianne Bolton and Terry Landells