Charterers Condemned As ‘No Crew-change Clause’ Mount Seafarer Crisis

Charterers of vessels have found increasingly sophisticated ways to avoid crew changes and compound misery for hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck at sea by the pandemic, reports Lloyd’s List.

Seafarer unions, United Nations organisations and the shipowners’ global trade association concede that despite best efforts, the application of ‘no-crew change’ and ‘no-deviation’ clauses in spot charterparties remains widespread.

“When the market is against the owner and you are...

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