New alliance calls on governments to designate seafarers as key workers

An alliance of leading shipping, ship management and maritime service companies has called on governments to urgently defuse the “time bomb” it says has been set ticking by the block on crew changes caused by measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

The alliance, which says it has the backing of the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation, estimates that 100,000 seafarers are already “marooned at sea” as a result of measures taken by governments to...

https://container-news.com/new-alliance-calls-on-governments-to-designate-seafarers-as-key-workers/

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