Bunge ships around 60 million metric tonnes of cargo globally per annum. 90% of the world’s trade is transported over the sea. But who are the invisible people that get it from here to there? And why should you care?

How about these reasons:

• 1.5 million men and women are working at sea.
• They are away from home and family for 9-12 months.
• 81% of them can’t access email to check on loved ones for the whole time they are at sea.
• Their families won’t know for weeks if they are abandoned in a foreign port, have a serious accident on board ship or are attacked by pirates.
•  The chair you’re sitting in, the screen you’re reading this on and the clothes you’re wearing probably all got there thank to seafarers like them.