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UN agencies renew call to support seafarers and protect supply chains during COVID pandemic

UN agencies renew call to support seafarers and protect supply chains during COVID pandemic

ILO, IMO, UNCTAD and WHO reiterate calls for vaccination and crew change

The International Labour Organization (ILO), International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have today issued a joint statement asking stakeholders to take action to support the world’s 1.9 million seafarers from being unduly impacted by...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/28/un-agencies-renew-call-to-support-seafarers-and-protect-supply-chains-during-covid-pandemic/

Draghi puts presidency plans on hold; we need a World Climate Organisation

Draghi puts presidency plans on hold; we need a World Climate Organisation

Tuesday 1 February 2022 Vol.13 Ed.5.2

Commentary: Draghi remains prime minister, but change is coming

By Holger Schmieding in London

Italy has decided: Sergio Mattarella stays on as president, Mario Draghi remains prime minister. Mattarella, at 80, had not sought a second term and only agreed to continue after the electoral college failed to find a majority for any other candidate. Draghi, 74, has had to postpone his...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/01/draghi-puts-presidency-plans-on-hold-we-need-a-world-climate-organisation/

WHO drops pandemic bombshell; 2 more deaths…

WHO drops pandemic bombshell; 2 more deaths…

Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, January 12, 2022

WHO drops pandemic bombshell
A leading World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday, January 11, that on present trends more than half of European residents will have been infected by the Omicron variant of coronavirus within two months…

Two more coronavirus deaths in Monaco  Two residents, 91 and 100, have succumbed to coronavirus, the Government announced on the evening of Tuesday, January...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/12/who-drops-pandemic-bombshell-2-more-deaths/

American Club Member Alert (December 30, 2021) re – World Health Organisation (WHO) interim Covid-19 guidance for management of Covid-19 onboard caro ships and fishing vessels

American Club Member Alert (December 30, 2021) re – World Health Organisation (WHO) interim Covid-19 guidance for management of Covid-19 onboard caro ships and fishing vessels

DECEMBER 30, 2021
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) INTERIM COVID-19 GUIDANCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 ONBOARD CARGO SHIPS AND FISHING VESSELS
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently released An implementation guide for the management of COVID-19 on board cargo ships and fishing vessels.
It incorporates...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/30/american-club-member-alert-december-30-2021-re-world-health-organisation-who-interim-covid-19-guidance-for-management-of-covid-19-onboard-caro-ships-and-fishing-vessels/

Transport workers pull sickies three times more than the average Brit

Transport workers pull sickies three times more than the average Brit

UK transport and logistics workers take nearly three times more sick leave than the average British worker, according to new research that identifies the countries most and least notorious for pulling a sickie. 

Research by time and workforce management solutions provider Mitrefinch – an Advanced owned company – found that transport staff took 11.4 days off sick, whereas other workers in the UK took an average of 5.8 days leave...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/30/transport-workers-pull-sickies-three-times-more-than-the-average-brit/

Planes take the strain over fears about soaring infections in Europe affecting bookings

Planes take the strain over fears about soaring infections in Europe affecting bookings

Sussanah Streeter
  • IAG down 2.9%
  • Ryanair down 2.7%
  • Easyjet down 3%
  • Wizz Air down 2%
  • Rolls Royce down 2.1%

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown.

‘’The dip in early trading among airline stocks has intensified with British Airways owner IAG, Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizz Air nose-diving as fears about soaring infections in Europe take hold. Rolls Royce was also dragged lower...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/24/planes-take-the-strain-over-fears-about-soaring-infections-in-europe-affecting-bookings/

IMO welcomes WHO vaccine roadmap seafarer prioritization

IMO welcomes WHO vaccine roadmap seafarer prioritization

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the World Health Organization‘s decision to name seafarers as one of the groups of transportation workers that should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination in instances of limited supplies. The updated guidance for Stage II of its vaccine roadmap from the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) states: “Seafarers and air crews who work on vessels that carry goods and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/22/imo-welcomes-who-vaccine-roadmap-seafarer-prioritization/

InterManager vows to source vaccinations for seafarers

InterManager vows to source vaccinations for seafarers

Mark O’Neil, CEO – Columbia Shipmanagement

Frustrated by the lack of progress and slow pace of international efforts, InterManager has vowed to work separately to obtain much-needed Covid-19 vaccines  to protect the world’s more than one and a half million seafarers and thereby keep international trade routes open.

InterManager President Mark O’Neil declared: “Global organisations have talked their way round in circles and still we are no...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/27/intermanager-vows-to-source-vaccinations-for-seafarers/

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