Four seafarers abandoned in Washington State after vessel quits US flag to evade regulations. Four seafarers from Colombia, Panama, and Peru have been abandoned without pay on a 60-year-old tugboat in an alarming case of maritime exploitation in the USA. The vessel, Wycliffe, recently changed its flag to Vanuatu, enabling it to evade more stringent US labour and safety regulations, with its crew subsequently left stranded in Puget Sound, Washington. (....)