The vaccination of seafarers is now a key focus for the shipping industry as it looks to a long term resolution of the crew change crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As world trade continues amidst the Covid-19 pandemic not only shipowners and seafarers need to be held accountable to international conventions, but also States need to honour their obligations as well.
Capt. Mohamed Al Ali, Senior Vice President of Ship Management at ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), has called for coordinated global action led by the IMO and governments to ensure regulated crew changes and wellbeing of seafarers.
London-based Greek shipowners have slammed governments and regulators for failing to recognise the key role seafarers and shipping staff play in ensuring global trade continues in the tumultuous circumstances now being experienced.
The remains of the Captain of Ital Libra, who died of Covid, have finally been repatriated after ports in Asia refused to accept the containership into port.
“Speed kills” is a slogan familiar to anyone who drives a car and is constantly urged upon us by the authorities, anxious that we observe speed limits. It is not such a bad injunction to marine people, either, and not entirely directed at those...
