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.

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Crew Change Crisis Awful With Rising Demand for Cargo Shipping

  • The International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) Australian branch said seafarers were kept working on ships for as long as 18 months.
  • As a result, they are unable to set foot on land because of Australia’s COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
  • This meant crews aboard vessels were unable to fly home when their contracts ended and replacement crews were unable to take their places for the ships’ next voyages.
  • The Mission to Seafarers Gladstone, a charity that aids international ship workers...

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