Coronavirus
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Crew change crisis tipped to be worse than last year
With many of the world’s top hub ports raising barriers to anyone who has been to South Asia recently there…
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Shipping unites to raise funds for India
Seafarer welfare charities and shipping industry players have launched an emergency relief fund in order to support seafarers and their…
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Covid immigration controls heap pressure on Singapore’s shipyards
Immigration restrictions thanks to Covid-19 are heaping pressure on Singapore’s shipyards. In a trading update yesterday, Sembcorp Marine, one of…
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Crewing crisis looms as vaccine rollout stalls
A resolution for a global seafarers vaccination program proposed by the Cyprus shipping deputy ministry (SDM) has been officially adopted…
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InterManager vows to get the world’s seafarers vaccinated
Frustrated by the lack of progress and slow pace of international efforts, InterManager, the association of third party shipmanagers, has…
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Coronavirus and seafarer mental health – the good news
There’s no vaccine against poor mental health, writes Johan Smith from Sailors’ Society. As so many have said, we live…
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United Nations agencies call to prioritise seafarers for Covid-19 vaccines
A joint statement signed by the heads of five United Nations bodies on Friday has called for seafarers to be…
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Vaccine guide launched for seafarers
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a vaccination guide for seafarers and shipping companies which aims to tackle…
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No jab, no job threat could provoke next crew crisis
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned that lack of access to vaccinations for seafarers is placing shipping in…
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‘Sod globalisation, protect the citizens’
Carl Martin Faannessen, managing director of Manila-based Noatun Maritime, is very worried about what vaccine passports will mean to the…
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Increased travel restrictions risk a flare-up of the crew change crisis
A number of shipping bodies are concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are…
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Queue jumpers dog Singapore’s vaccine rollout
Splash has unearthed many non-key workers who have jumped the queue for a Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore. Many citizens and…
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Shipping and the pandemic, one year on
Shipping’s resilience has been tested and showcased like never before in the year since coronavirus was declared a pandemic. It…
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Unions demand worldwide seafarer vaccination programme
The Nautilus Federation, a group of 22 trade unions representing seafarers and inland waterways workers, has issued a statement calling…
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Vaccinating the world
Thomas Stubler, the pharma industry cargo lead at Willis Towers Watson, on what readers need to know about shipping coronavirus…
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Seafarer shortage warning post-pandemic
The global crew change crisis could lead to a shortage of seafarers if exhausted crew choose to leave the shipping…
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Cyprus lays out how to get all seafarers vaccinated
The Cyprus shipping deputy ministry has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering Covid-19 vaccinations to seafarers in response…
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China suspends crew changes for two shipmanagers
China’s Ministry of Transport has announced a decision to suspend the crew change operations for all the vessels of two…
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Liberia becomes first flag to sign up to crew change declaration
A missing part of the jigsaw to get crew home has been found. The Liberian Registry has signed the Neptune…
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Rapid, inexpensive testing is the real solution to the crew change Covid-19 crisis
Mitul Dave from AlphaRize Management on one way to ensure seafarers can get home. The crew change crisis continues to…
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