The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced it has endorsed new protocols designed to lift barriers to crew changes, as the need for crew repatriation is of the utmost urgency.
Following its meeting on 30 April the IMO reported that the need for ships to change crews and for seafarers to fly home at the end of their periods of service have emerged as two of the biggest challenges facing the shipping industry as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Due to coronavirus restrictions,...
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