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Feb 04 2021 The Caravel Group and Fleet Management have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Developed by a taskforce of stakeholders from across the maritime value chain, the Neptune Declaration calls for a worldwide action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by Covid-19.   “Travel restrictions brought about by the global pandemic have pushed seafarers to their limits,” says Harry Banga, Chairman and CEO of the...

The Liberian Registry has become the first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.

Date Time IMO welcomes Neptune Declaration on seafarers MO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the industry-led Neptune Declaration, which calls for seafarers to be designated as key workers and for cooperation to end the crew change crisis, which is not only putting seafarers in a desperate situation but also threatening the safety of shipping and world trade. Hundreds of thousands of seafarers around the globe are unable to leave ships, while others cannot join, due to...

Sovcomflot joins the Neptune Declaration SCF Group says it signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change, which ensures the enforcement of labour rights and supports global supply chains in the face of the restrictions imposed worldwide due to the СOVID-19 pandemic. The document is an initiative of the Global Maritime Forum and has been signed by more than 450 major companies in the shipping, oil and gas, and other industries. The companies that signed the document co...

Liberia Becomes the First Ship Registry to Join Neptune Declaration The Liberian Registry has become the very first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. The Liberian Registry joins over 300 owners, operators, and maritime organizations in this very important worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by COVID-19. Chief Operating Officer of the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR), Alfonso...

The Liberian Registry becomes 1st ship registry to sign the Neptune Declaration February 3, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina The Liberian Registry has become the very first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. The Liberian Registry joins over 300 owners, operators, and maritime organizations in this very important worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by COVID-19. Sig...

Sea Prison: COVID-19 Has Left Hundreds Of Thousands Of Seafarers Stranded at 8:33 am NPR 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...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Announces That It Has Become a Signatory of the “Neptune Declaration ... Star Bulk Carriers Corp.January 28, 2021 GMT ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the “Company” or “Star Bulk”) (Nasdaq: SBLK), a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced today that it has become a signatory of t...

Jeremy Nixon, ceo of ONE Ocean Network Express (ONE) said that around 15% of its fleet of containerships made extra calls last year to conduct crew changes. The crew change crisis ,which engulfed the shipping industry left over 400,000 seafarers stranded on vessels after their contracts expired at its height in 2020, remains a major issue today for shipowners and managers, with an ever change mix of complex travel restrictions from countries across the globe. Shipowners and managers have ...

UK Chamber of Shipping signs Neptune Declaration The UK Chamber of Shipping, the voice of the UK shipping industry, has joined global industry and human rights leaders, including A.P. Møller – Mærsk, BP, BW, Cargill, COSCO, DOW, Euronav, MISC, NYK, Rio Tinto, Shell, Trafigura, Unilever and Vale, in signing the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change in a worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of seafar...