13 June 2020 The IMO Secretary-General expressed support for the initiative of the Singapore maritime and port community to draw up a Crew Change Guidebook, which could serve as a model to develop similar guidance to...
13 May 2020 Given the vulnerability of closed environments during long voyages, the gradual restoration of cruise services should be coordinated at EU and international level, considering the public health situation in the countries concerned. Before...
5 May 2020 In a circular addressed to all IMO Member States, UN agencies, inter-governmental organisations and NGOs with consultative status at the IMO, Secretary General Kitack Lim expressed his support for a recommended framework of...
28 April 2020 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are calling upon ship captains across the world to sound their ships’ horns when in port at 12.00 PM...
23 April 2020 Have all ships in port sound their horns in a 15-second burst at 6.30 PM every day until the COVID-19 crisis comes to an end. That is the essence of the ‘Horns of...
17 April 2020 The discussion whether governments should designate crew change ports has taken a new turn with European associations of port authorities and terminal operators speaking out against the proposal of the European Commission requesting...
16 April 2020 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a joint call on governments yesterday to take urgent measures to facilitate crew change flights for seafarers. Due to...
13 April 2020 Ship’s crews and other marine sector workers who have to travel to Canada to perform their duties and who have no COVID19 symptoms are permitted to transit to the nearest airport for the...
08 April 2020 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) propose that governments worldwide come together to identify seaports in their countries, and appropriate airports nearby, from where crew changes...