Last week, Federal Maritime Commission members Carl W. Bentzel and Daniel B. Maffei sent a letter to Marad Administrator Adm. Mark Buzby and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, urging them to prioritize PPE, rapid testing supplies, and coronavirus vaccines for the maritime workforce.
“With recent Covid-19 outbreaks impacting the maritime labor workforce and port operations, we strongly recommend that rapid Covid-19 testing be made available to the U.S. maritime labor workforce as soon as possible....