In light of the COVID-19 situation and the crew changes restrictions, ATPI Marine & Energy along with the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) are collaborating so as to enhance seafarers’ repatriation.
In fact, the travel management company ATPI Marine & Energy is working closely with IMEC members, industry bodies and regulators, in order to ensure that crewmembers are able to return back home and travel around global under the current coronavirus circumstances.
Following the above, Gary Pearce, chief commercial officer, ATPI, noted:
With most airlines grounded, the maritime industry is cleverly working together to ensure that seafarers can move in order to ensure the safe travel of their people, and that ships operate safely with adequate crew.
What is more, ATPI Marine & Energy tries to find the most efficient options to allow seafarers to get where they are needed, whether that’s via traditional airline routes or charters.
The travel company and the 250 members of IMEC managed to have access to seats on specially chartered flights (socially distanced if required) and scheduled flights as airlines scale-up their operations.
We hope that by ensuring there are flights to the world’s busiest port cities that seafarers from many different shipping companies can continue to carry out their essential work and, importantly, return home afterwards. The industry is also working together to encourage airlines to prioritise returning to operation some of the most popular routes for the maritime sector.
…Gary Pearce concluded.
