IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim, in an IMO release, has spoken out against ’no crew change’ clauses in charter parties.
He has pointed out that such clauses contribute to the ongoing seafarer crew change crisis and undermine the efforts undertaken to resolve the problem.
Demand for ‘no crew change clause’IMO said its Seafarer Crisis Action Team has become aware that some charterers now demand the insertion of a no crew change clause that states no crew changes can occur while the charterer’s...
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