Secretary General’s Report Last month we had some interesting news that the global merchant fleet of vessels above 100 grt has now reached over the 100,000-ship milestone for the first time, according to data from Clarksons Research. Across 100,001 ships in total, ...
Secretary General’s Report Well here we are at the beginning of 2021 and we are all still badly affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), on behalf of the whole mariti...
Secretary General’s Report As the pandemic still rages on around the world, there is some good news in the form of more companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine which are now starting to get clearance for use around the world. November saw the IMO issue a Resolution...
In this Issue: - 2020 More than chalanging Year - CESMA elected new Vice President - VDKS elected new President - UN adopts Seafarer Resolution - EU project Skillsea CESMA news, September 2020: CESMA news, September 2020
There is never a dull moment in this new world in which we live. Many of our nations are now in the throes of a second wave of COVID-19 and this has had an effect on crew changes once again which have slowed in some areas. There are still about 400,000 seafarers at sea who are&nb...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. CESMA COUNCIL MEETING AND AGA 2020 2. NVKK ISSUED LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR SHIPMASTER 3. WORLD MARITIME DAY 4. MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO LEAVING PORTS WITH KNOWN ENGINE PROBLEMS 5. MAURITIUS ARRESTS ...
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Secretary General’s Report
As the pandemic still rages on around the world, there is some good news in the form of more companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine which are now starting to get clearance for use around the world. November saw the IMO issue a Resolution covering the revised Industry Crew Change Protocols for States to adopt and also encouraging States to treat seafarers as key workers. This was followed in December by a Resolution from the United Nations General Assembly and the ILO for States to treat seafarers as key workers so that they can be treated alongside others when the new COVID-19 vaccinations become available. Hopefully, we will hear more about this in the New Year. Much work is ongoing across the industry to lobby nations on your behalf and a group of us, led by the International Chamber of Shipping, are working on how we can get S seafarers vaccinated and ways in which you can be certificated for free movement around the world. Please click here to read complete Newsletter: IFSMA NL 36 |