This has been the year when we've really understood the vital importance of our maritime workers.

Seafarers have been the lifeblood of maritime, keeping global trade moving including vital supplies like food and medicines.

But it's also been the year when we've seen at first hand the challenges that some of these seafarers face in terms of their welfare.

This week, another group of seafarers, the technical experts of the Red Ensign Group have - once again- taken up the cudgel on behalf of the wider industry.

We've been talking to the co-chairs of the REG Technical Forum, themselves no strangers to working at sea...