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The crew of bulk carrier Anastasia has debarked in Japan after six months stuck at anchorage off the coast of northern China.The vessel…

EMS-Fehn-Group signs “Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change” German EMS-Fehn-Group, a supplier of comprehensive logistics solutions, has joined the international initiative to quickly resolve the worldwide crew change crisis by signing the „Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.“ Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been stranded aboard vessels around the globe. With no chance of being relieved, they have to keep working beyond the expiry of their initial contracts. The extended periods at sea are ...

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 commit to taking action to resolve the crew change crisis as soon as possible, involving their partner...

'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 into town to buy personal items or just enjoying a coffee with them. Nowadays the visits are sho...

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 taken to charter flights and additional ports of call in an effort to repatriate crew and allow new ...