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Quarantine dilemma looms for Gladstone as ship approaches

Premium Content Subscriber only A potential quarantine crisis is looming for Gladstone due to there being no facility for the crew of a ship, that must disembark, expected to arrive at the port in days. The logging ship full of seafarers is due to dock mid-March to be loaded with timber and be fumigated, requiring the entire crew to come ashore. Over several days the vessel will be pumped with chemicals to kill any vermin in the timber. Until January, when the more infectious UK COVID strain outbreak occurred at Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor, Gladstone had a designated quarantine hotel for seafarers.

Seafarers wi-fi connects international sailors with loved ones in Australian-first trial

Seafarers wi-fi connects international sailors with loved ones in Australian-first trial WedWednesday 3 updated WedWednesday 3 Wi-fi is installed on ships docked off the Queensland coast in an Australian-first initiative. ( Print text only Cancel It is something many people take for granted, but for thousands of seafarers stuck on ships for up to 14 months at a time, internet connectivity is the only way to see their loved ones. Key points: The joint project is designed to improve the welfare and wellbeing of seafarers The idea is to expand the project to other ports and remote communities in future Before the coronavirus pandemic seafarers could access wi-fi at ports while cargo ships were docked, but now the vessels have been forced to anchor several kilometres offshore where a signal is non-existent.

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