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...]
Crew change calamity: the crisis intensifies
Governments around the world continue to fail to see the link between seafarers, seaborne cargo, and goods for sale in shops. As the material below demonstrates, Australia simply cannot hope that its vital national interest in facilitating … [Read more...]
Hong Kong facilitates changeover of maritime crew
. Welcome news from the Centre for Health Protection Communicable Disease Branch in Hong Kong. The CHP has advised the shipping industry that crew members of goods vessels will be exempt from compulsory quarantine upon arrival in Hong … [Read more...]