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The International Chamber of Shipping estimates that 200,000 are affected by travel restrictions, either stuck at sea or unable to leave home to get to their ships.

More than 15 months into the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of seafarers vital to the global shipping industry remain stranded at sea or in ports, unable to leave their ships or get to new assignments due to global travel restrictions.

SWANSEA, Wales – More than 15 months into the coronavirus pandemic, tens of thousands of seafarers vital to the global shipping industry remain ...

When the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world last year, an invisible army of seafarers were scattered around the world and found themselves stuck at sea or in ports, unable to leave because of the surging virus.

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An International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) official warns American Shipper that the maritime industry’s ongoing crew change crisis is “only going to get worse.” ICS explained that COVID-19 travel restrictions, as well as the growing list of countries banning crew changes for vessels that have called at one of the Indian subcontinent ports in the ...

Seafarer crew crisis ‘only going to get worse’ Impact of high COVID-19 numbers in India among reasons for concern, says ICS official 0 148 3 minutes read (Photo courtesy of International Chamber of Shipping) An International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) official warns American Shipper that the maritime industry’s ongoing crew change crisis is “only going to get worse.” ICS explained that COVID-19 travel restrictions, as well as the growing list of countries banning crew chang...

COP26 in focus as UNGC gathers leaders at Nor-Shipping’s Ocean Now A broad spectrum of key ocean stakeholders will descend on Oslo, both digitally and physically, on 1 June to discuss how accelerating the move to sustainable ocean business can help the world deliver on the Paris Agreement. The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has teamed up with Nor-Shipping, which is running the Ocean Now initiative on 1-2 June, to host the “Driving Ambition for Shipping at COP26” panel debate. With f...

Industry group presents vision on how to inoculate crew during pandemic

Indias Covid-19 catastrophe could make global shortages even worse CNN 1 day ago By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business © Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images SRINAGAR, INDIA - 2021/05/09: An elderly man walk past closed shops during a coronavirus curfew imposed by the authorities following the surge in COVID-19 cases in Srinagar. Coronavirus curfew in Jammu and Kashmir has been extended till May 17 to contain the surge in coronavirus cases, officials said on Sunday. M...