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UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 May 2021 —  A wide-ranging human rights checklist has today been issued to business enterprises engaged with the maritime industry to protect seafarers stranded on ships due to new COVID-19 variants and government-imposed travel restrictions, under a joint initiative by the UN Global Compact, the UN Human Rights Office, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Human Rights Due Diligence Tool for cargo owners and charterers has been issued amid concerns that the number of crew stranded working beyond their...

Source: United Nations 3 Around 200,000 cargo ship crew members are stranded at sea, beyond the length of their contracts due to COVID-19 restrictions, placing a major strain on their physical and mental health. New UN guidelines were published on Thursday, aimed at helping the industry better protect human rights at sea, as new COVID variants threaten to further delay crew turnover. The Human Rights Due Diligence Tool, provides a wide-ranging checklist co-developed by the UN Global Compact, the UN Human Rights Office, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritim...

International legal and professional services firm, Ince, has today announced the establishment of a global virtual choir from companies and organisations from across the industry to record ‘Sailing’ – the song made iconic by Rod Steward – in partnership with Royal Museums Greenwich and supported by four of the world’s leading maritime charities: Mission to ...

OneLearn Global Launches and Signs up to the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change Recently launched OneLearn Global, created to provide modern-day training solutions to serve the maritime, energy, hospitality and industrial sectors, has immediately signed up to the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Joining over 750 other signatories, who have pledged to work together across the value chain with industry stakeholders, organisations and governments to implement practical crew change solutions, “OneLearn Global will do everything possible to impact...

Neptune Declaration: has anything changed for stranded seafarers? By Ilaria Grasso Macola 04 May 2021 (Last Updated April 21st, 2021 10:18) More than a year has passed since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the situation hasn’t improved much for seafarers. Will the Neptune Declaration, the industry’s latest pledge to bring crews home, help the situation or there are more effective ways to allow crew changes? Seafarers have been stranded at sea for months on end because of coronavirus. Credit:...