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Shipping Industry Facing Humanitarian Crisis

Terence Tsai started hearing about the growing labor crisis in shipping in a roundabout way. First, in March, an official at a ship management company in Hong Kong let slip that a captain had purposefully diverted a vessel under its control into the middle of the ocean to protest the treatment of himself and his crew, says an article published in Aljazeera.

Covid-Era Port Restrictions

Then, from the head of a large Asian shipping company, Tsai heard about a captain who wanted to attend his son’s...

https://mfame.guru/shipping-industry-facing-humanitarian-crisis/

Global Shipping Operations Struggle To Resume With Intermittent Restrictions

  • Normal trade operations struggle to resume with the coronavirus-induced restrictions. 
  • Regular crew change process now turned a lengthy, complicated and a costlier process.
  • Charterers demand “no crew-change” clause.
  • Operations affected as crew change rules are not uniform across all ports.
  • Maritime insurers are extending the validity of these PEME certificates.
  • Personnel who “sign-off” at one port finds it difficult to return to their country of origin.

A natural and regular transition from...

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Ocean Cargo Passing Through Coronavirus Fallout! Journey To Continue?

  • Containerized-goods supply shock and bulk-commodity demand shock shown up both centered in China and driven by temporary closures.
  • Containerized-goods demand shock centered in developed Western nations, driven by social distancing and quarantines. 
  • Crew change, crew infections, port restrictions and canal transit are some of the risks faced currently.
  • Shipping groups urged that countries designate ship crew as “key workers” and grant them exemptions from travel restrictions.

Ocean shipping...

http://mfame.guru/ocean-cargo-passing-through-coronavirus-fallout-journey-to-continue/

Urge for Local Preparations Funding As More Ports Face Coronavirus Restrictions

  • BPA has released a report to safeguard its borders from coronavirus.
  • Ships are required to notify ports if any such developments occur and ports can see the last 10 calls a ship has made to assess risks.
  • Wilhelmsen launched a live map presenting the port restrictions that have been issued by countries on a global scale.
  • By clicking on each port or country in the map below, one can see an overview of port restrictions and guidelines.
  • To make your work easier, we have compiled the list of...

http://mfame.guru/urge-for-local-preparations-funding-as-more-ports-face-coronavirus-restrictions/

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