Tag: maritime health

The Coral Princess cruise ship docked at Port Miami, after it was refused to dock in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The vessel has 1,000 passengers and 878 crew onboard - two are dead and at least 12 have tested positive for COVID-19.

Canada's Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced new measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on commercial passenger vessels and ferries, following the global pandemic.

Uruguay informed that 81 people on the Greg Mortimer cruise ship which has been stranded off the coast of Uruguay for almost two weeks and has over 90 Australians on board, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), through its collective body, the Greek Shipowners’ Social Welfare Company SYN-ENOSIS has contrived the supply of medical equipment to support the hospitals, their doctors and nurses who are fighting this unprecedent pandemic.

Following the global quarantine and lockdown measures, the British Ports Authority (BPA) launched a new information resource for the UK ports managing the COVID-19 crisis.

On Thursday, April 2, the US Navy relieved the commander of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking the Navy for stronger measures to control a COVID-19 outbreak onboard the ship.

The passenger ferry "Eleftherios Venizelos" has been at the centre of attention after 119 outbreaks of COVID-19 had been reported onboard the vessel amongst its 380 passengers. The crew members who were negative for the COVID-19 test will be repatriated after being gradually transferred to hotels in Athens for the next 36 hours. However, passengers who are positive for COVID - 19 will remain in isolation on board for 14 days.

The CMA CGM containership Marco Polo had reported of a crewmember who was showing symptoms of the COVID-19; The updated information provided by the shipping company state that the crewmember was negatively tested.

The Royal Navy and the US Navy are assisting in the rally of the COVID-19 pandemic, in helping the onshore response effort in the civilian world.

Russian metals producer Nornicker reported on Tuesday that an engineer onboard one of its freighters, the Norilskiy Nickel, has tested positive for COVID-19; Therefore, the company disembarked the whole crew, sanitized the vessel and embarked a replacement crew.