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Shipping Employers and Trade Unions Give One Month to Ensure Safe Crew Changes.
Shipping industry employers and trade unions have agreed to extend seafarer contracts for another month in order to give time for governments and companies to implement the International Maritime Organization protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Circular Letter issued May 5, the IMO made recommendations to Member States about measures to facilitate ship crew changes advised global industry associations with consultative status at the IMO.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Ships Crew Abandoned Without Supplies of Food, Water or Fuel.
There is never a good time to be abandoned at sea on a ship with no rudder and dwindling supplies of food, water and electricity, but certainly the situation is further exacerbated when the world is in the grip of a global pandemic.
Such are the circumstances suffered by the crew of fifteen aboard the MV Celanova (IMO 9268394). With batteries running low on their mobile phones, the crew who are trapped 13 nautical miles out at sea have been making calls for urgent assistance as the vessel is running dangerously low on the fuel and diesel oil and food, fresh water and medicines needed to ensure their survival.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Deaths and hunger strikes point to mental health crisis on stranded cruise ships.
Several deaths, a hunger strike and disturbances on board cruise ships have raised fresh concern about what crew members say is the deteriorating mental health of staff stranded aboard cruise ships still floating at sea.
A worldwide standoff between cruise companies and health authorities has left approximately 100,000 crew stranded at sea.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Prevention at Sea: Addressing the human element in maritime safety.
The development of maritime technologies has significantly enhanced the safety level of ship navigation today however human error is still widely
recognised ass a main cause of maritime incidents. Cyprus based maritime technology and marine risk firm prevention at sea is offering a technology solution to address the human element in maritime safety.Posted On:15-May-2020
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NYK secures class approval for autonomous ship framework.
Japanese owner NYK has obtained approval in principle for an autonomous ship framework currently being developed under the name of APExS from classification society classNK. It is the first time for an autonomous ship framework to be approved in Japan. Based on the framework NYK will further deepen its cooperation with domestic and overseas partners for the development of autonomous ship technology.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Vietnamese sailor stuck at sea, yearns for home.
A Vietnamese sailor employed by a Dutch shipping company has remained stuck off the Panama coast due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
"I have not been on land over the past two months since crew members were instructed to hold out at sea to avoid being infected with the coronavirus," Minh Tri wrote in an email sent Tuesday from a refrigerated cargo ship of Seatrade, an international transportation and shipping company registered in the Netherlands.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Cruise Ships Depart as Typhoon Vongfong Batters the Philippines.
More than 20 cruise ships have departed Manila Bay in the Philippines as the huge Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall. No doubt by now everyone has heard read about all the cruise ships which have been anchored in Manila Bay in the Philippines each day. More than 20 cruise ships have been there each day as cruise lines around the world are working on repatriating crew members back home due to the ongoing global pandemic.
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Suspected suicides as concern grows for crew stranded on ships
Strict rules imposed by the American Centres of Disease Control and Prevention has put the mental health and wellbeing of around 100,000 stranded cruise crew around the world in jeopardy.
On Sunday, a 39-year-old Ukrainian woman died after apparently jumping from the Regal Princess outside the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.Posted On:15-May-2020
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APM Terminals Pipavav completes 500 days of safe operations
We are proud to announce the safety milestone at our port. On 8th may 2020, APM Terminals Pipavav completed 500 days of safe operations with zero fatality & Lost Time Incidents (LTI). This is the result of constant care, continuous training, monitoring and supervising the operations at all levels by the management.Posted On:15-May-2020
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Crew member of a ship from Iraq, anchored at Chennai Port, tests positive for COVID-19
The 27-year-old had complained of pain in his abdomen, and was taken to a hospital in Chennai, where he was tested for the infection A 27-year-old person, a member of a ship s crew that reached Chennai Port, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.Posted On:15-May-2020
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