Tag: crew change

IMO and ILO issued a joint statement, highlighting the need for prompt access for medical assistance for vital key worker seafarers.

The Omani government lifted its ban on all arrivals. All Omani citizens, resident visa holders, visitors and crewmembers will be allowed to enter Oman regardless of their departure country and without prior approval.

A globally dispersed community of seafarers from Kiribati are at the epicentre of a struggle for repatriation following their displacement during the crew change crisis.

Bjørn Højgaard, CEO of Hong Kong shipmanagement Anglo-Eastern Univan Group, is blaming port states as the real cause of the ongoing crew change crisis.

The International Chamber of Shipping sets out principles for providing shore leave during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China, Oasis P&I club summarized the current situation at various Chinese ports.

Kiribati’s maritime workforce urges government to bring home more than 250 I-Kiribati seafarers stranded overseas.

Transport Canada issued updated guidance regarding the mobility of asymptomatic, presumed non-COVID-19 carrying seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Effective from 9 August, the Hong Kong Department of Health issued "Updated Exemption Conditions and Quarantine Arrangement for Visiting Vessels". The Government has adopted a risk-based approach and re-categorised overseas places into high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk groups.

The Australian Government must urgently implement a nationally-consistent best-practice plan for crew changes on international trading vessels following the preventable death of a seafarer during a high-risk transfer off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast this week, ITF urged.