India Ships COVID Vaccines After Commercial Export Approval

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India is gearing up to supply covid vaccines to other countries as the country has become one of the strongholds of manufacturing the vaccines.

The Oxford coronavirus vaccine called ‘covidshield’ is being manufactured by a Pune-based Indian company the Serum Institute and this will be commercially shipped to countries like Brazil and Morocco.

Fulfilling Vaccine Requests of Other Nations

Serum Institute of India, the largest producer of covid vaccines in the world has already received orders from...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/india-ships-covid-vaccines-after-commercial-export-approval/

Third Sailors Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Master-at-Arms Justin Wilson plays ‘Taps” during a burial at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson’s (CVN-70). US Navy Photo

A Navy Reserve sailor in Ohio died earlier this month from complications related to COVID-19, the service announced on Thursday.

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Abdigafar Salad Warsame, 52, was assigned to Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Columbus, Ohio, according to a statement from the Navy Reserve. His home of record was in Georgia, according to his...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/22/third-sailors-dies-from-covid-19-complications

Prioritize Vaccination for Seafarers, Urges ICS

The International Chamber of Shipping is leading calls for governments to put seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers at the head of the vaccine queue  and to designate seafarers as keyworkers, to avoid a repeat of the 2020 ‘crew change crisis’. 

COVID-19 mutations

ICS is demanding thatgovernments, who are once again restricting travel as a reaction to new COVID-19 mutations, recognise the vital role seafarers play in the global supply chain.

The shipping industry knows that healthy,...

https://mfame.guru/prioritize-vaccination-for-seafarers-urges-ics/

Bring The Vaccination Document To Sail On Saga Cruise Ships

The UK travel company Saga Cruises has become the first cruise line to announce that it is requiring all passengers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to sail on its cruise ships, says an article published in The maritime executive.

Saga’s announcement

While there have been rumors that the cruise industry might require vaccinations, Saga’s announcement makes them the first of the ocean-going cruise lines to establish the policy.

“We have welcomed the news that the COVID ? 19 vaccination program has...

https://mfame.guru/bring-the-vaccination-document-to-sail-on-saga-cruise-ships/

The importance of freight and the seafarer highlighted in the COVID year

The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development writes about freight and seafarers during 2020 – the year of COVID.

“For the Australian shipping industry, we can look back on 2020 as the year that certainly challenged all of us.

It was also the year Australian families and businesses realised the vital role shipping and transport play in their everyday lives. For the tireless efforts of all transport industry workers, which...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/the-importance-of-freight-and-the-seafarer-highlighted-in-the-covid-year/

Leading Economist States His Top 5 Predictions For 2021

Saying the yr 2020 wasn’t an awesome one for the economic system is a little bit of an understatement, reports Shipping.

 Increase in unemployment 

Retailers shuttered, companies had been pressured to shut or, worse, go bust, and unemployment hit 1 million individuals as sectors like hospitality and tourism had been decimated.

However economist Chris Richardson, from Deloitte Entry Economics, is upbeat about 2021 — a lot so, his enterprise outlook for the yr is: “We received this.”

He expects...

https://mfame.guru/leading-economist-states-his-top-5-predictions-for-2021/

COVID-19 Vaccine Allergic Reactions Under Investigation

Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it had received a report from California’s health department that several people at a center in San Diego were treated for possible allergic reactions to its COVID-19 vaccine from a particular batch, says an article published by reuters.

Reactions under investigation

The company’s comments come after California’s top epidemiologist on Sunday issued a statement recommending providers pause vaccination from lot no. 41L20A due to possible allergic reactions that are under...

https://mfame.guru/allergic-reactions-to-covid-19-vaccine-under-investigation/

Highest Number of Seafarer Abandonment in 2020

Abandonment of seafarers is on the rise this year, exacerbated by the pandemic, with reported cases at a record high of more than double the 2019 levels, reports the Lloyd’s List

Highest Abandonment 

This year, 76 cases have been recorded, involving more than 1,000 seafarers, data shows. The greatest number of abandonment cases have been reported in the Middle East and Asia, while Italy has also been a hot spot

As of December 17, the total number of new cases reached 76, according to the...

https://mfame.guru/highest-number-of-seafarer-abandonment-in-2020/

Airlines ask Biden-Buttigieg DOT to focus on COVID recovery

Line of planes in queue on taxiway wait to takeoff.

U.S. airlines, casting themselves as a vital cog in the economic recovery from the pandemic, appealed Monday to the incoming Biden administration for more flexible, risk-based COVID measures that will enable the safe revival of air travel and with it the revenues necessary to survive.

In a letter to Transportation Secretary-designate Pete Buttigieg obtained by FreightWaves, the Airlines for America (A4A) warned that some carriers, and thousands of their workers, may not be around to transport...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airlines-ask-biden-buttigieg-dot-to-focus-on-covid-recovery

Seafarers Stranded On Board Cruise In Mumbai Allowed To Disembark

marella discovery

Stranded cruise ship Marcella Discovery anchored in Mumbai since April last year finally got permission to release the Indian crew. The seafarers of the cruise will go through the mandatory COVID test and be quarantined in a port trust-building before being released further. Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray’s office released a press note regarding stating this.

The ship has about 146 seafarers and they will be disembarked after spending 37 onboard.

Signing Off the Indian Crew

On...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seafarers-stranded-on-board-cruise-in-mumbai-allowed-to-disembark/

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