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April 28, 2021 × Concerns over availability of vaccines and waiting time are adding to the job uncertainty of seafarers Ship-owners have started insisting on hiring crew who are vaccinated ahead of joining ships on their next contract, as new variants of the Covid-19 virus wreaks havoc in one of the top suppliers of manpower to the global shipping industry. With maritime hubs such as Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Fujairah, UK and Canada placing restrictions on crew change involving seafarers with recent travel history to India, ship managers and crewing firms are also backing off from staff swap on ships temporarily. “We are closely tracking the course of the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak and as an immediate measure have frozen all crew changes outside India for the next 21 days,” said Captain Rajesh Unni, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Singapore-based ship management company, Synergy Group, which manages some 370 ships.

United arab emiratesHong kongUnited kingdomWest bengalAl fujayrahAbdulgani serangSankalp shuklaSynergy groupMumbai portShip managers associationMaritime labour conventionNational union of seafarers indiaWorld health organisationCaptain rajesh unniChief executive officerCaptain sankalp shukla