Vaccination Archives - Maritime Shipping News

Running on Ice: Finishing the year cold

17 November 2023

Hello, and welcome to the coolest community in freight! Here you’ll find the latest information on warehouse news, tech developments and all things reefer madness-related. I’m your controller of the thermostat, Mary O’Connell. Thanks for having me!

All thawed out

It may be a muted season for dry van loads, but the same cannot be said for new cold storage facilities. Since there are quite a few across the country celebrating breaking ground or completion, a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/running-on-ice-finishing-the-year-cold

Covid Infection-Acquired Immunity Can Even Outperform Vaccines!

20 February 2023

Credits: Afif Ramdhasuma/ Unsplash

Infection-acquired immunity cut the risk of hospitalization and death from a Covid reinfection by 88% for at least 10 months, the study found.
People who had hybrid immunity, or immunity from both infection and vaccination, were excluded.
The study was the largest meta-analysis to date to look at immunity following infection.

The immunity generated from an infection was found to be “at least as high, if not higher” than that provided by two doses of an mRNA...

https://mfame.guru/covid-infection-acquired-immunity-can-even-outperform-vaccines/

Seafarers allowed to leave a ship to get vaccinated in NSW

18 March 2022

^{Pictured: Dr Kerry Chant, the Chief Health Officer for New South Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo credit: 7 News.}

Dr Kerry Chant, the Chief Health Officer in New South Wales, has signed an order allowing seafarers to leave a ship and “go further than 13 metres” from the vessel to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

However, the seafarer must stay in the port unless, due to bad weather, NSW Health allows the seafarer to leave port o get a vaccination.

The seafarer must travel directly to /...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/seafarers-allowed-to-go-to-leave-a-ship-to-get-vaccinated-in-nsw/

Nearly two-thirds of seafarers now vaccinated against COVID

14 January 2022

^{Pictured: a conceptual representation of different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. Graphic: colour modified by Shipping Australia from the original graphic by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.}

New January 2022 data from the Neptune Declaration shows that 59.8% of seafarers in its sample have been vaccinated against COVID. This is an increase of 10.3 percentage points since November 2021.

By way of comparison, the proportion of the EU...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/nearly-two-thirds-of-seafarers-now-vaccinated-against-covid/

OSHA clarifies: Solo truck drivers don’t fall under Biden vaccine mandate

13 January 2022

The Biden administration’s proposed so-called vaccination mandate in the workplace does not apply to solo truck drivers, according to new guidance handed down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

That formal declaration of what had been suggested at the time of the mandate’s rollout in November appeared in updated Frequently Asked Questions, published earlier this week.

“There is no specific exemption from the standard’s requirements for truck drivers,” the OSHA FAQs state.

But...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/osha-clarifies-solo-truck-drivers-dont-fall-under-biden-vaccine-mandate

CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”

31 December 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant and advises: Avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.

CLIA RESPONDS

CLIA, the Cruise Lines International Association, was swift to respond, releasing the following statement:

The decision by the CDC to raise the travel...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/clia-calls-new-cdc-cruise-warning-perplexing/

“As I See It” from the Trucking Activist – To vax or not to vax

17 November 2021

The president has demonstrated again his complete disregard for the facts surrounding the private trucking industry. Last week’s announcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) from OSHA, compelling companies with 100 or more employees to require full vaccination, will collapse the shaky supply chain overnight. Just witness the injunctions filed and the ambiguity in the ETS that describes at work at home versus outside work. Thank you, trucking associations, for looking out for the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/as-i-see-it-from-the-trucking-activist-to-vax-or-not-to-vax

Seafarer COVID-vaccination numbers continue to climb

17 November 2021

^{Pictured: artist’s concept of a COVID vaccine. Photo credit: Daniel Schludi via Unsplash}

About 41% of the world’s seafaring workforce has been COVID-vaccinated, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration’s Crew Change Indicator.

The Neptune Declaration is an agreement subscribed to by about 850 organizations that are urging the end of the crew change crisis.

The Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator provides up-to-date information on the crew change situation. The Indicator is...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/seafarer-covid-vaccination-numbers-continue-to-climb/

Draft of vaccination rule released; trucking didn’t get an exemption

4 November 2021

There is no exemption for trucking in the proposed federal mandate governing vaccination. The rule was “pre-published” Thursday morning by the Biden administration.

Trucking industry organizations had called for the sector to be exempted.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a rough draft of the rule, which will be formally unveiled Friday.

Jan. 4 is the effective date for the mandate, termed an Emergency Temporary Standard.

Under the mandate, companies with 100 or more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/draft-of-vaccination-rule-released-trucking-didnt-get-an-exemption

Drilling Deep: Trucking begins to push back against vaccine mandate

29 October 2021

Dave Heller is the vice president for governmental affairs at the Truckload Carriers Association. In that role, he is deeply involved in the trucking industry’s reaction to the looming vaccination mandate coming out of the Biden administration.

At the recent annual meeting of the American Trucking Associations, Heller sat down with Drilling Deep host John Kingston to talk about that battle in Washington and how it might play out.

Also on the podcast, Kingston discusses how the rising price of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-trucking-begins-to-push-back-against-vaccine-mandate

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