Today on Business Daily with me, Vivian Nunes, Russians and Ukrainians at sea.

The two nations make up a large part of the global shipping workforce.

So how do you get on with colleagues you live with when your countries are at war?

They are, I think, in a very difficult and awkward situation for them.

And we hear about the ships trapped in Ukrainian waters unable to sail

for fear of being caught up in the fighting.

Just this week, for example, a Dominican flag cargo ship sank in Maripal,

hit by Russian missiles.

We know of seafarers who have been killed by collateral damage.

The seafarer's plight. That's Business Daily from the BBC.

Shipping is an industry that usually operates out of sight and out of mind.

Most of us don't think about the long journey our new running shoes, smartphones or washing machines have taken before they reach our homes.

Yet ships carry 90% of world trade.

Without them, shifting food stocks, natural commodities and manufactured goods would simply not be possible.

In fact, there is a global fleet of 50,000 merchant ships.

Those vessels accrued by more than 1.5 million workers who spend months at a time at sea,

living with other crew members in close quarters.

15% of seafarers come from Russia or Ukraine.

So how are they coping with the current crisis?

Ukrainian and Russian seafarers are the collateral victim of this war.

Father Bruno Ciseri is the international director of Stella Maris,

a Catholic charity that has a network of chaplains around the world,

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