A two-month assignment on a Hapag-Lloyd boxship that stretched to nine months because of the Covid-19 pandemic has not deterred 19-year-old Hannah Gerlach from a career at sea.

The trainee ship mechanic boarded the 13,177-teu Basle Express (built 2012) on 21 September and stayed there until near the end of June.

Gerlach told the German company's in-house magazine she had been very happy on board.