Keyworkers

InterManager Affirms To Deliver Vaccination For Seafarers

  • InterManager has vowed to work separately to obtain much-needed Covid-19 vaccines to protect the world’s more than one and a half million seafarers.
  • It thereby keep international trade routes open.

Frustrated by the lack of progress and slow pace of international efforts, InterManager has vowed to work separately to obtain much-needed Covid-19 vaccines to protect the world’s more than one and a half million seafarers and thereby keep international trade routes open, says an article published...

https://mfame.guru/intermanager-affirms-to-deliver-vaccination-for-seafarers/

Seafarers In Crew Change Crisis Due To New Covid Variants Rise In Concern

Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on the rise due to travel restrictions imposed by governments in response to new variants, says a press release published by International Chamber of Shipping.

Crew change crisis

The latest collective industry analysis shows that 200,000 seafarers are currently affected by the crew change crisis, a marked reduction from the height of crisis where 400,000 needed to be repatriated.

However, with...

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Classification Society’s Maritime CEO Dismayed For Seafarers Crisis

Speaking at the launch of a DNV GL white paper on ship safety in the context of digitalisation and decarbonisation, the classification society’s maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen expressed shock that nearly 70% of IMO member states have still not recognised seafarers as “key workers”, says an article published in Seatrade Maritime News.

Failed Work of Countries

Even now, 119 IMO member countries have failed to sign up to the UN agency’s circular calling for their recognition as key workers.

“How is...

https://mfame.guru/classification-societys-maritime-ceo-dismayed-for-seafarers-crisis/

Crew Rotations With Seafarers Struggles

According to an article published in Lowy Institute, due to the heavy crisis of pandemic, some countries have banned crew rotations, some have tight limits and few are open, which implies the crisis continuing.

Seafarer Crisis

When a business manager is willing to spend US$200,000 to send home five employees whose contracts have expired and bring five colleagues to replace them on the spot, later telling a reporter the cost was the least of their worries, you can be sure a crisis is involved.

In...

https://mfame.guru/crew-rotations-with-seafarers-struggles/

COVID19 Shows How Shipping’s Low Public Profile Affects Seafarers’ Repatriation

Governments prioritize on opening bars and getting stranded tourists home over solving the ongoing crew crisis, and that shows the nerve of trade at the moment, writes David Osler, Lloyd’s List Finance Editor, who specializes in White Collar Shipping Services.In an opinion piece published in Lloyd’s List, Osler writes that “for too many governments, reopening bars is a higher priority than sending stranded crews back home, and that is morally unacceptable”
Prosperous Tourists Are on Priority

The...

https://mfame.guru/covid19-shows-how-shippings-low-public-profile-is-affecting-seafarers-repatriation/

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