Several maritime-related rules to combat COVID have been cancelled at the Port of Geraldton, according to a new Harbour Master Instruction from Mid West Ports.
The Instruction noted that vaccinations have occurred on a global scale, that a “high” level...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/port-of-geraldton-cancels-suite-of-anti-covid-measures/
The infection erupted in China after the country loosened the strictest Covid-19 limits in the world in December. One million to 1.5 million people may have perished during the surge, which is significantly more than China’s official tally, according to estimates produced by four different academic teams that are largely comparable.
Researchers think the country significantly undercounted the number of deaths from the epidemic, which...
The full repatriation of over 600 i-Kiribati seafarers to Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati, has been completed.
Six seafarers have recently touched down in Tarawa, marking the end of a two-year period of repatriation blighted by pandemic-related restrictions and delays.
The repatriation was led by a coalition of employers, unions and NGOs, in tandem with the government of Kiribati, who successfully navigated...
Dr Kerry Chant, the Chief Health Officer in New South Wales, has signed an order allowing seafarers to leave a ship and “go further than 13 metres” from the vessel to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
However, the seafarer must stay in the port unless, due to bad weather, NSW Health allows the seafarer to leave port o get a vaccination.
The seafarer must travel directly to /...
Continued controls on seafarers arriving in New South Wales now seem to be rather pointless because they can no longer fulfil their policy goals and their monetary and non-monetary costs now outweigh their benefits, Shipping Australia has said in a...
Casi dos docenas de tripulantes a bordo de un barco de la Marina australiana que se dirige a prestar ayuda a la isla de Tonga, en el Pacífico, han sido diagnosticados con el coronavirus, lo que podría obstaculizar los esfuerzos de ayuda a la nación libre de Covid.
Esta entrada Covid-19 a bordo de...
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Relief has arrived for the struggling NSW landside freight supply chains which have been battered by workers falling prey to Omicron-Delta and to being forced to isolate by NSW government rules. An amendment that entered into force today (Friday 14 January 2022) makes it abundantly clear that freight workers have an exemption from the isolation rules that enables them to go to work.
Empty supermarket shelves and extensive...
New January 2022 data from the Neptune Declaration shows that 59.8% of seafarers in its sample have been vaccinated against COVID. This is an increase of 10.3 percentage points since November 2021.
By way of comparison, the proportion of the EU...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/nearly-two-thirds-of-seafarers-now-vaccinated-against-covid/
Our guide to restrictions affecting the Australian maritime industry has been updated with the latest information in light of the Omicron-variant of COVID.
The post UPDATED: Requirements, restrictions, rules and policies affecting...
About 41% of the world’s seafaring workforce has been COVID-vaccinated, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration’s Crew Change Indicator.
The Neptune Declaration is an agreement subscribed to by about 850 organizations that are urging the end of the crew change crisis.
The Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator provides up-to-date information on the crew change situation. The Indicator is...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/seafarer-covid-vaccination-numbers-continue-to-climb/