PRIDE OF BURGUNDY – P&O Ferries fifth ship on its Dover-Calais route – arrived on 28 June at the Port of Dover, returning to service after being laid up (and even for sale). The P&O ship arrived the day before the start of Irish Ferries on Dover-Calais, with presently one ship: ISLE OF INISHMORE....
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Seafarers getting off ships in Singapore will now need to take a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the port where the ship last stopped and test negative before arriving, says an article published in The Straits Times.
MPA’s CircularThis new requirement applies to all applications submitted from Monday (Feb 15) for seafarers who wish to disembark their ships here for a crew change, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a circular issued on the same day.
Disembar...https://mfame.guru/required-covids-new-pcr-test-for-seafarers-disembarking-in-singapore/
Amidst the enraging pandemic, solving the crew change crisis is a daunting task which pushes shipping services to the limit. In this article, published in the ISS, the outplay between physical and virtual teams are lamented.
Seafarers are invisible victims of COVID-19. Thanks to local restrictions and logistical challenges, hundreds of thousands have been stranded at sea – marooned on vessels for, in some cases, months beyond agreed contracts. Here Inchcape Shipping Services explains how it...
https://mfame.guru/how-shipping-services-are-solving-the-covid-crew-change-crisis/
https://mfame.guru/singapore-establishes-self-contained-centre-to-house-seafarers/