crew vaccination

Protocols for a Smooth Crew Change & Crew Vaccination

ECSA and the ETF jointly proposed protocols to achieve a smooth process of crew change and their treatment at ports of call worldwide, reports Maritime Bulletin. 

Maritime Labor Convention meet

ECSA/ETF’s statement was released ahead of a meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labor Convention.

The proposals

Some of their proposed protocols, addressing Member States (MS) of the infamous MLC, seems pretty reasonable.

  • MS is to ensure that seamen can travel to and from their...

https://mfame.guru/protocols-for-a-smooth-crew-change-crew-vaccination/

No Access To Vaccine for Seafarers To Affect Global Supply Chain

  • The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned that lack of access to vaccinations for seafarers is placing shipping in a ‘legal minefield’.
  • This will as well leave the global supply chains vulnerable.
  • ICS highlights concerns that vaccinations could soon become a compulsory requirement for work at sea.
  • This is because of reports that some states are insisting all crew be vaccinated as a pre-condition of entering their ports.

A recent news article published in the ICS website reveals...

https://mfame.guru/no-access-to-vaccine-for-seafarers-to-affect-global-supply-chain/