At least 150,000 seafarers are stranded at sea amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but they are not completely alone as they long for home.

Several organisations have stepped up in trying to repatriate these isolated souls as they stare out of porthole windows, wondering when they will ever come ashore.

Members of the North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA) are making “gangway-­only” visits to ships in port while wearing personal protective equipment.