Tag: omicron variant

Nautilus International is urging all visiting seafarers to the UK to get vaccinated against Covid-19 amid Omicron variant increase.

ICS published new guidance to address legal, liability and insurance issues that could potentially arise for shipowners from or in connection with vaccinations of crew for COVID-19.

At the 32nd session of the IMO Assembly, from 6-15 December 2021, the Assembly adopted a resolution on comprehensive action to address seafarers' challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UK removed all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list because there is now community transmission of Omicron in Britain.

Australia’s Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt announced that the country would extend the heath regulations first put in place in March 2020 as a response to the Omicron variant.

Shipowners, seafarers’ unions and maritime employer groups are establishing their own approved international network of quarantine facilities to ensure seafarers can safely join ships, despite unpredictable changes to government border policies. 

Shippers and carriers met to talk about the causes and effects of recent supply chain disruption coinciding with the COVID 19 pandemic.

WHO and ILO will form an Action Group “as a matter of urgency” with major transport bodies to ensure freedom of movement for transport workers. 

In view of the Omicron variant, India’s Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has given guidelines for Ports to be under strict vigilance.

Starting from 29 November 2021, ​​Israel has banned crew changes for all ships in all Israeli ports for two weeks.