Coronavirus
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Operations
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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Contributions
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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Contributions
Why the MLC is failing as a regulatory response to the Covid-19 global pandemic
Carolyn Graham on the real weaknesses of the Maritime Labour Convention, and how to fix them. In a January 13,…
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Operations
Maritime stakeholder initiative launches to resolve the crew change crisis
More than 300 companies and organisations have joined forces to help resolve the crew change crisis. The Neptune Declaration on…
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Operations
Quarantining like criminals in a prison camp: Seafarers Happiness Index
The latest Seafarers Happiness Index report, published yesterday by The Mission to Seafarers, reveals both the ongoing struggles of the…
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Ports and Logistics
Congested LA and Long Beach ports battle major Covid outbreak
California’s main two boxports, already suffering extreme congestion (see MarineTraffic map created today below), are having to fight a severe…
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Contributions
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Asia
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Operations
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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Contributions
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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Europe
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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Operations
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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