How seafarers can cope with the mental health impact of COVID-19
Standard Club and Sailors’ Society’s Wellness at Sea issued ten tips focusing on how to deal with the mental health impacts onboard amid the pandemic.
Read moreStandard Club and Sailors’ Society’s Wellness at Sea issued ten tips focusing on how to deal with the mental health impacts onboard amid the pandemic.
Read moreAccording to the Director General of Health Services, foreign national seafarers/sea marshals should obtain approval from the Foreign Ministry to enter Sri Lanka and should be quarantined in an isolation centre.
Read moreRecognizing the special circumstances seafarers experience in accessing vaccination due to their working conditions, NHS issued a new guidance focusing on crew vaccination.
Read moreTransport Canada issued updated guidance regarding the mobility of asymptomatic, presumed non-COVID-19 carrying seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreEffective 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.
Read moreThe Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator for August revealed that only 15.3% of seafarers are vaccinated, according to the first vaccination data.
Read moreCrew services specialist Boers has launched seafarer vaccination programmes at German and Belgian ports, as shipping executives warn of onboard COVID-19 outbreaks because mariners are not getting vaccines quick enough.
Read moreHöegh Autoliners together with 800 organisations signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing, which calls on government bodies to recognise seafarers as key workers and give them priority access to Covid-19 vaccines.
Read moreIn support of the IMO's Neptune Declaration and the welfare of seafarers around the world, the Shipping Deputy Ministry of Cyprus is making vaccinations available to seafarers.
Read moreFollowing ICS Guidance on legal, liability and insurance issues in connection with COVID-19 vaccinations of seafarers, Standard Club released the above FAQs.
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