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One and a half million seafarers, enough to populate a city, are keeping the global economy afloat -- but at a huge cost to themselves.   © Nikkei photo illustration by Nakako Shiotsuki
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Port in a storm: No end in sight to global shipping chaos

Behind the relentless online boom, stranded seafarers and soaring rates

AURORA ALMENDRAL, Contributing writer | East Asia

BANGKOK -- For the global shipping industry, chaos began with the tap of a million "buy now" buttons.

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