Coronavirus
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Crews ships to the rescue
Container shipping consultant Andy Lane suggests out of work cruise ships could solve certain parts of the crew change crisis.…
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Canada joins Australia in committing to get overworked crews home
Transport Canada has issued a notice that it intends to finally enforce the Maritime Labour Convention provisions on duration of…
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More crew change complications emerge as virus mutates
Crew changes are once more becoming difficult as much of the world locks down again following the emergence of several…
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Urgent advice as cases of suicide at sea continue to climb
Suicide among today’s seafarers is on the increase and is being fuelled as much by the negative aftermath of the…
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Seafarer jumps ship, charged with breaking Covid-19 protocols in Western Australia
A Vietnamese seafarer who jumped ship in Albany and swam to shore over the weekend created headlines and a Covid-19…
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Covid-19 variants spook Manila, crew change bans put in place
New strains of Covid-19 detected in the UK and South Africa are spooking immigration authorities around the world. The variants…
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Singapore tightens testing regime for shore-based personnel going onboard ships
In the wake of a marine surveyor and a harbour pilot testing positive for coronavirus last week having been onboard…
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Sri Lanka’s offshore crew transit hub gains traction
A public-private partnership that has been approved by the Sri Lanka government to carry out crew changes through an offshore…
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UN agency finds governments in breach of international law, urges quick fix to the crew change crisis
In a landmark ruling the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found that governments have breached seafarers’ rights and failed to…
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Manila, Singapore seafarer safe corridor preparations progress
Singaporean authorities have green lighted hotel conditions in Manila as seafarer safe corridor preparations between the Philippines and the key…
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Drones come to the rescue in Covid battle at sea
Panagiotis Galanis reports on the the first transportation of rapid Covid tests for seafarers using drones. The ancient Greek poet…
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Greek shipping minister in intensive care with coronavirus
Greece’s shipping and island policy minister has been moved into an intensive care unit (ICU) as effects from the coronavirus…
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Deliver seafarers home for Christmas campaign launches
It’s the first of the month, advent calendars are being opened, Christmas trees decorated and presents bought. However, there are…
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Covid puts a freeze on reefer calls to Tianjin
All available reefer plugs are taken at Tianjin’s Xingang port, one of the main entry points for frozen food into…
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Qatar Airways unveils industry-first Mariner Lounge at Hamad International Airport
The airline that has ferried more seafarers around the world than any other during the pandemic has gone an extra…
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Who will follow Australia’s lead in setting a crew change date?
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has welcomed the announcement this week by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) that…
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Australia sets date to get seafarers back to their pre-Covid-19 contracts
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has announced that from 28 February 2021 the interim Covid arrangements which have permitted…
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Tech solution developed to resolve the crew change crunch
A Hong Kong maritime consultancy has developed technology it believes can ensure safe crew changes through the pandemic. Captain Milutin…
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The time is now for a vaccine distribution ecosystem
The Covid-19 supply chain challenge is of a scale and magnitude no one alive today has ever seen. How best…
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IMO will list all ports where crew change is possible
Among the outcomes from the virtual meeting this week of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) delegates…
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