The plight of 400,000 seafarers stranded at sea is a global problem. So how can an individual ship manager make a difference?

Step forward Julius Reith, partner at Germany’s Orion Reederei. The family-owned company has gone the extra mile by putting a “face mask” on one of its bulkers.

Reith said the mask was a spontaneous idea that came up during a weekly meeting of Orion’s crew-change team.