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CYPRUS – WORLDWIDE – This week Cypriot Shipping Deputy Minister, Vassilios Demetriades wrote to both the EU Transport and Health Commissioners and the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Secretary-General outlining proposals to better ensure the safe vaccination of all crew against the Covid virus.
The Minister suggested that seafarers involved in short sea traffic should all be immunised locally whilst deep sea staff should be vaccinated ashore and those at sea designated as ‘bubbles’ in isolation. In all cases the vaccines used should be subject to a globally agreed standard with adequate numbers of approved vaccines, acceptable to all governments, administered in the seafarers country of residence to before travelling to join their ships.
Grahaeme Henderson and Nikolas Tsakos to speak at UK Chamber of Shipping Virtual Conference
Dr Grahaeme Henderson, the Global Head of Maritime and Shipping at Shell and Nikolas Tsakos, President and CEO of Tsakos Shipping, have been confirmed as the keynote speakers for the morning session of the UK Chamber of Shipping’s Virtual Conference. The session will be sponsored by Lloyd’s Register.
The keynote session will see the two leading shipping experts discuss the issues facing the sector in the short-to-mid term and what challenges the industry faces and the issues which need to be resolved by 2030.
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global professional services organisation specialising in engineering and technology solutions, will be a Gold Sponsor for the event and will sponsor the morning’s Keynote address. LR joins V.Group, UK Ship Register, Northern Marine and Frazer-Nash as Gold Sponsors for the event.