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UN Organizations Urge Prioritization of Seafarer Vaccinations
Unite Nations organizations last week issued a joint call for the world’s seafarers to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, stressing their key role in supporting global trade, reads the World Health Organization website.
The heads of five UN organizations have called for maritime and air transport workers to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination.
Vaccination priority for key workersSeafarers and aircrew are key workers, required to travel across borders, which may—though contrary to WHO...
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WHO urges front-of-line vaccinations for seafarers, aircrews
The World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies on Friday called on governments to prioritize seafarers and aircrews in their COVID-19 vaccination programs, saying their safe movement is essential to critical goods movement and travel on which the global economy depends for recovery.
“For shipping and air transport to continue to operate safely, the safe cross-border movement of seafarers and aircrew must be facilitated. We reiterate our call upon countries that have not done so...
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Airlines absorb $391 billion revenue shortfall in 2020
The damage to the airline industry from the coronavirus pandemic last year totaled $391 billion in lower revenue as 60% fewer passengers took to the skies, according to a tally by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The financial hardship has continued into 2021 as airlines try to cope with a double-dip recession. Experts are maintaining their outlook for a prolonged depression in passenger demand that will likely keep airlines at a diminished size for several years.
ICAO estimated...
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TSA to propose scan-all alternative for air cargo security
The Transportation Security Administration will unveil how it plans to meet new international requirements for screening 100% of exports on freighter aircraft during a meeting next month with e-commerce shippers and logistics providers.
The international standards, scheduled to go into effect June 30, require all cargo on dedicated freighter aircraft to be physically screened for explosives, as has been done the past decade for shipments traveling on passenger aircraft. Other governments could...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tsa-to-propose-scan-all-alternative-for-air-cargo-security
Global aviation body urges governments to enable flights for seafarers
The International Civil Aviation Organization, a specialist body of the United Nations, has issued guidance urging governments to enable the movement by air of seafarers so that relief crews can join their ships and off-signing crew can go home.
In the ICAO’s new guidance, the aviation body argues that the continuation of air transport is critical to support the delivery of goods and services. It further argues that aviation’s services to the supply of goods could be “facilitated by the...
Joint Statement calling on all Governments to immediately recognize seafarers as keyworkers, and to address the humanitarian crisis faced by the shipping sector
Joint Statement calling on all Governments to immediately recognize seafarers as keyworkers, and to address the humanitarian crisis faced by the shipping sector
UN entities issue joint statement to urge action on the crew change crisis
| The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Secretary-General of the... |
UN urges support for postal, air cargo and express mail operators
The International Civil Aviation Organization and the Universal Postal Union on Tuesday encouraged national governments to provide postal, air cargo and express mail operators with the resources and regulatory flexibility necessary to maintain efficient delivery service during the coronavirus crisis.
A joint statement by the UN agencies aligns with recommendations this summer from ICAO’s Aviation Recovery Task Force for nations to provide flexibility to operators hauling airmail and air cargo,...
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New air cargo security standards could gum up e-commerce exports
The U.S. supply chain industry appears divided over how the government should implement new international security standards for cargo carried on freighter aircraft and whether certain exporters get special treatment to minimize associated cost increases.
Some worry there could be shipping delays if the Transportation Security Administration doesn’t figure out a plan well before the standards take effect July 1.
At issue is whether the TSA will recognize the security controls of e-commerce...
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Airlines chafe against UK quarantine as Europe opens travel
An Austrian Airlines flight departed from Vienna at 6:30 a.m. Monday for Munich, Germany, marking the company’s first scheduled passenger flight in almost three months and the lifting of travel restrictions between European Union states.
It’s good news for airlines that have suffered for months with almost no revenue, but an announcement from Lufthansa Airlines about mass layoffs is a stark reminder that the industry’s road back to financial health will be long and challenging. And while the...
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