The full repatriation of over 600 i-Kiribati seafarers to Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati, has been completed. Six seafarers have recently touched down in Tarawa, marking the end of a two-year period of repatriation blighted by … [Read more...]
Shipping Australia calls for NSW controls on seafarer movements to be relaxed
Continued controls on seafarers arriving in New South Wales now seem to be rather pointless because they can no longer fulfil their policy goals and their monetary and non-monetary costs now outweigh their benefits, Shipping Australia has said in a … [Read more...]
Nearly two-thirds of seafarers now vaccinated against COVID
New January 2022 data from the Neptune Declaration shows that 59.8% of seafarers in its sample have been vaccinated against COVID. This is an increase of 10.3 percentage points since December 2021. By way of comparison, the proportion of the EU … [Read more...]
Vital NSW workers – including all freight workers – are exempted from COVID isolation rules
Relief has arrived for the struggling NSW landside freight supply chains which have been battered by workers falling prey to Omicron-Delta and to being forced to isolate by NSW government rules. An amendment that entered into force today (Friday 14 … [Read more...]
Seafarer COVID-vaccination numbers continue to climb
About 41% of the world's seafaring workforce has been COVID-vaccinated, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration's Crew Change Indicator. The Neptune Declaration is an agreement subscribed to by about 850 organizations that are … [Read more...]