By Mick Kinley, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority Mr Kinley writes; Conditions brought on by the global pandemic have moved the goalposts for the shipping industry. The long-term impacts on the sector will be … [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...]
Poseidon Sea Pilots’ Captain Robert Buck and the unforgiving sea
Mariners say the ocean can be unforgiving. During a voyage as a junior officer, Robert Buck found just out how much. Although he didn’t know it, he was a little more than four minutes from disaster. “We knew the cyclone was out there,” Robert … [Read more...]
Good news / bad news: crew change crisis stabilising; seafarer shortages reported
The percentage of seafarers who have to stay onboard ship beyond their contract has decreased slightly and the percentage of seafarers who have been vaccinated has risen slightly. However, for the first time, ship managers are reporting a shortage of … [Read more...]
Shipping industry signs declaration to tackle the seafarer crisis
Over 400 companies have formally vowed to help resolve the crew crisis by signing up to the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Shipping Australia is one of the signatories. According to the ILO, about 300,000 seafarers … [Read more...]