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On a chilly January morning, the Rev. Mary Davisson climbs up the stern ramp of the Tonsberg, an enormous ship bobbing in the murky waters at the Port of Baltimore. Davisson, the executive director and port chaplain of has spent much of her nearly two-decade career helping foreign crew members arriving in port, whether it is giving them a lift into town to buy personal items or just enjoying a coffee with them. Nowadays the visits are short, just enough time for her to drop off packages that s...

Claire Harbage / NPR Originally published on January 29, 2021 1:49 pm On a chilly January morning, the Rev. Mary Davisson climbs up the stern ramp of the Tonsberg, an enormous ship bobbing in the murky waters at the Port of Baltimore. Davisson, the executive director and port chaplain of the Baltimore International Seafarers Center, has spent much of her nearly two-decade career helping foreign crew members arriving in port, whether it is giving them a lift into town to buy personal item...

The Standard Club is delighted to be a signatory on the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Progress on addressing the crew change crisis has been made through significant efforts by individual companies, international organizations, industry associations, labor unions, NGOs and some governments, but the situation is still not resolved as many seafarers ...

Thome Signs up to Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change The Thome Group has signed up to the Neptune declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change which recognizes that stakeholders from across all sectors of the maritime industry have a shared responsibility to ensure that the current crew change crisis is resolved as quickly as possible. The signatories of this declaration believe that the most effective way of addressing the crew change challenge and building a more r...

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Signs the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the transportation of major and minor bulk commodities globally, announced today that it has signed The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change to address the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by COVID-19. The Neptune Declaration is a commitment signed by more than 30...

Photo: Global Maritime Forum On Tuesday 327 companies and organisations publicly committed to the Neptune Declaration of Crew Change and Seafarer Welfare in a pledge to resolve the crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on vessels when their contracts expired. The declaration under the auspices of the Global Maritime Forum is a worldwide call for action on the crew change crisis caused by Covid-19 travel restrictions and a failure by...

Disabled due to cookie permissions LR has signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change with more than 300 organisations and companies throughout the entire maritime supply chain. The Declaration recognises that signatories have a shared responsibility to ensure the humanitarian crisis of stranded seafarers is resolved as soon as possible.   The Neptune Declaration draws attention to an estimated 400,000 seafarers left stranded on ships beyond the expiry of th...

By Lydia O’Kane There are currently 400,000 seafarers at sea not knowing when they will be able to return home to their families. They remain on board their vessels, despite the fact that their contracts have expired, in many cases months ago. This present situation, which is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been described by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as a humanitarian crisis at sea. The Chief Executive of Catholic charity Stella Maris UK (formerly the Apost...

MSC CEO Soren Toft Backs Industry Campaign For Seafarers Amid Global Crew Change Crisis As the latest measure to alleviate hardship on seafarers, MSC has joined forces with peers across the maritime value chain in a worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are stuck at sea since crew changes were banned by many governments to help curb the spread of COVID-19. This has led to serious consequences for seafarers’ ...

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Becomes a Signatory to The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the Supramax / Ultramax drybulk segment, today announced that it has become a signatory to The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change, a global ‘call to action’ initiative to help end the unprecedented crew change crisis affecting the maritime industry. The outbreak of COVID-19, and its ...