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ILO seeks protection of seafarers amid COVID-19 crisisAppointments - Guardian
The need to treat seafarers with “dignity and respect” during COVID-19 crisis has been emphasized by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).The ILO urged that the seafarers should be treated as ‘key workers’, and be exempted from travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A joint statement by officers of a special ILO tripartite maritime committee of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006), also called on ILO member States to do all that they can to facilitate the delivery of essential medical supplies, fuel, water, spare parts and provisions to ships.
The tripartite committee, which represents seafarers, ship owners and governments, reported that in some parts of the world suppliers have been prevented from boarding ships to give masks, overalls and other personal protective equipment to crews. According to the statement, ports in some parts of the world have also refused to allow some ships to enter because they had previously docked in areas affected by COVID-19, preventing vessels from obtaining essential supplies.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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RightShip and Human Rights at Sea join forces to help improve welfare for seafarers around the world - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
RightShip, the world’s leading maritime risk due diligence and environmental assessment organisation, and the independent civil society charity, Human Rights at Sea, have signed a new long-term partnership agreement to help improve seafarer welfare, the organisations have announced today.
Under the agreement, RightShip and Human Rights at Sea will partner to continuously raise awareness of the implementation and accountability of human rights provisions throughout the maritime environment with local, national and international stakeholders and regulators, and the maritime industry as a whole.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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India: Issue of seafarers stranded on various cruise liners or ships being followed up: Shripad Naik - United News of India
Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik on
Tuesday said that the issue of seafarers stranded on various cruise liners or ships were being followed up
and efforts were underway to bring them back at the earliest. In a statement he said the seafarers from Goa
on various cruise liners or ships stranded in different parts of the world were facing lot of problems and
hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most of them have been abandoned by their companies and are in urgent need of repatriation back to India.
Also their families are in tremendous stress and are worried about their well being. We are following up
the case and trying to get our seafarers back at the earliest,” Mr Naik
said.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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WOC Supports Launch Of Emergency Funding Campaign For Developing World Seafarers - Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The World Ocean Council (WOC) – the Global Blue Economy Business Organization – invites support for the charity crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for vulnerable seafarers and their families as the COVID-19 pandemic affects those with less secure financial and health resources.
All funds raised will go to the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), a UK registered charity, and dispersed through their Seafarers Emergency Fund (SEF). Their membership includes seafarer associations throughout the developing world alongside shipping companies and shipping organizations.
Along with our colleagues at ISWAN, the WOC encourages the maritime industry, the international business community and the general public – all of whom depend on the global shipping industry – to show their support for the seafarers who are severely affected by the pandemic.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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Inmarsat supports seafarers with 50% voice call discounts and free COVID-19 video calling - Digital Ship
In a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on seafarer well-being, Inmarsat has formalised a sweeping 50 per cent discount for crew voice calling services available for up to 40,000 ships for three months until the end of June.
The leading maritime satellite service provider is also ensuring that calls made to the SeafarerHelp service provided by welfare organisation ISWAN (International Seafarers’ Welfare Assistance Network) are available free of charge over the same period. In addition, Inmarsat is working with crew healthcare specialist Vikand and software platform provider FrontM, to provide a free COVID-19 video call service with a trained health professional.
The voice call discount offer is available day and night from today for three months to Inmarsat retail customers using FleetBroadband ChatCard voice services and to wholesale partners offering FleetBroadband voice calls under the legacy Crew Calling ‘SQT’ brand. Steps are also being taken to accelerate the launch of ChatCard services for Fleet Xpress, with an introductory discount.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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Defuse this shipping sector timebomb � lift travel restrictions on seafarers - theloadstar.com
Time is running out to lift travel restrictions on seafarers and keep global trade moving, the shipping industry has warned.
Around 100,000 crew changes are required every month, according to the International Chamber Shipping (ICS), which called on governments to designate seafarers as key workers and allow them to transit their territories.
However, in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, ports around the world continue to restrict when crew can disembark, while the collapse in passenger flights has drastically reduced the options for repatriating seafarers, preventing the normal frequency of crew changes.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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Pireaus Propeller Club online counselling programme for seafarers - Seatrade Maritime News
The International Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus, has launched a free online interactive psychological counseling and coaching programme for ships’ crew at sea in an initiative to support the Greek maritime community during the COVID - 19 pandemic.
Titled ‘Next - Working for the Future’ the Piraeus-based club says the “programme encapsulates our commitment to contribute to the future of the Greek maritime industry”.
“Our commitment is to honor and support the seafarers who are the lifeblood of this industry,” said the club’s directors in a combined statement.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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How one small cruise yacht came to the aid of a super-sized ship s crew - The Telegraph
The Dunkirk spirit was invoked by the coronavirus crisis, when a small 25-cabin cruise yacht helped 19 Cuban crew from a mega cruise ship return to their homeland.
Variety Cruises’ vessel Panorama made a special 14-day diversion in the Caribbean to repatriate the group from MSC Preziosa. Panorama’s captain Vasilis Mazarkis came across the plight of the Cubans when his ship called into Barbados to refuel ahead of a transatlantic crossing after a winter season spent cruising off the coast of Costa Rica and Panama.
Panorama was empty other than her crew. She berthed near MSC Preziosa, a super-sized cruise ship that carries up to 4,360 passengers and 1,300 crew. Nineteen healthy staff were keen to return home but given the constraints of Covid-19, had no realistic option for doing so.
Following a request from the Cuban government, Mazarkis agreed to repatriate them to Havana, a journey which took the cruise yacht seven days. The Cuban government covered the cost of the fuel but Variety Cruises made no other charge for their brotherly act. Health declarations were provided by the Captain of MSC Preziosa and the Barbadian medical authorities, and the new passengers were thermo-scanned prior to boarding and on every subsequent day of the journey.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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Shipping Industry Urges Free Movement of Crews to Keep Trade Moving - MarineLink
Ships must be allowed to change over overworked and exhausted crews to help to keep trade flowing as coronavirus lockdowns shut many transit points across the globe, shipping industry officials said on Tuesday.
About 90% of world trade is transported by sea but a deepening lockdown in many countries and suspended air travel have disrupted supply chains, especially for ship owners who rely on the free movement of crews to keep ships moving.
The International Chamber of Shipping association (ICS), and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), said in a letter to the Group of 20 major economies, that there were 1.2 million merchant sailors out at sea at any point, with 100,000 crew members needing to be rotated each month.Posted On:8-Apr-2020
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