The heads of UN agencies for maritime, labour and aviation have issued a joint urgent call for action on crew changes and designating seafarers and air workers as key workers.

In a move forward in getting crew changes happening again Singapore has broadened “special circumstances” to include the end of the seafarer’s contract and is exploring options with the industry and unions including specially chartered flights.

Marine travel experts ATPI Marine & Energy are teaming up with the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) on crew changes and joint charter flights.

This week saw InterManager launch a league table to celebrate success in crew changes, and recently Seatrade Maritime News talked with Thome Group ceo Olav Nortun about how it is managing to get some changeovers done on a small scale.

Amidst all the gloom over crew changes and seafarers stranded on vessels as their contracts come to an end InterManager has decided to celebrate the successes that some ship managers have achieved even if often only a small scale.

The government of Cyprus has adopted with a formal process to facilitate crew changes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

India is to allow crew changes of Indian national seafarers for vessels docked or anchored at its ports a move which could go small way to ease the global crisis.

The crew change crisis that has developed with the COVID-19 pandemic will need more than just coordination of port and government authorities with shipowners and managers as there is a huge logistics issue of getting seafarers to the points of...

Singapore is to allow crew changes under “special circumstances” recognising seafarers play a critical role in the global supply chain.