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The Nautilus Federation urged governments and global organisations to establish a worldwide vaccination programme for seafarers and inland waterways transport crew.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak and the vaccine phase, Union Fédérale Maritime urges the French government to prioritise seafarers for Covid-19 vaccinations.

Amid the second wave of coronavirus outbreak, Crystal cruises announced that all passengers onboard its ocean and river cruises are required to be fully inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to their Crystal cruise.

About 800 longshoremen from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach got the first COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday at the US' busiest seaport complex. The two ports together account for nearly half of all US maritime trade and some 70% of the US imports from Asia.

The US Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sub-committee examined the issues of stevedores as key workers for vaccinations, while also talking about queues of containerships on the US West Coast.

Maritime New Zealand issued its update concerning the vaccination, saliva tests for quarantine workers, crew change operations and information guidance for workers aboard international ships.

DP World and UAE Region rolled out a vaccination drive for its employees and their families, launching two vaccination centres on ground in Jebel Ali Port in five days.

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) proposed a program that will enable the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations to seafarers, keeping in mind that the logistics of a vaccination are dealing with many barriers.