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Seafarers’ wellbeing is at the core of the prospects of the shipping industry

February 4, 2022 by Shipping Australia

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...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: AMSA, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Mick Kinley, Seafarer, seafarers, Shipping Australia annual review

Nearly two-thirds of seafarers now vaccinated against COVID

January 14, 2022 by Jim Wilson

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...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: biosecurity, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, Crew, SARS-CoV-2, Seafarer, Seafarer crew changes, Seafarer vaccination, seafarers, Vaccination, Vaccine

Poseidon Sea Pilots’ Captain Robert Buck and the unforgiving sea

October 15, 2021 by Shipping Australia

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...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: Captain Robert Buck, Mariner, Pilot, Pilotage, Robert Buck, Seafarer

Good news / bad news: crew change crisis stabilising; seafarer shortages reported

September 3, 2021 by Shipping Australia

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...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: COVID, COVID Pandemic, Crew changes, Human biosecurity, India, Indians, Pandemic, Seafarer, Seafarer crew change crises, Seafarer vaccination, Seafarer vaccines, seafarers

Shipping industry signs declaration to tackle the seafarer crisis

January 29, 2021 by Shipping Australia

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...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members, Policy Council Tagged With: Neptune Declaration, Seafarer, Seafarer crew changes, seafarers, Seafarers are key workers

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