Important

Getting healthy seafarers to a ship: Mitigating the risk with quarantine and testing. An IMHA interim statement.

These Guidelines are intended to provide maritime administrations with an internationally recognized set of criteria for use by competent authorities either directly or as the basis for framing national medical examination standards that will be compatible with international requirements. Their purpose is to help administrations establish criteria that will lead to equitable decisions about who can safely and effectively perform their routine and emergency duties at sea, provided these are compatible with their individual health-related capabilities.

The work includes RCA (Root Cause Analysis), stratification analysis, weighted Ishikawa diagram, and Lorenz-Pareto chart. The substance of the matter comes down to the fact that knowledge of the factors causing coronavirus infections will allow the development and implementation of effective procedures for handling ships in pandemic conditions. The primary sources of information used in the research came from the literature review, the analysis of normative acts, the analysis of documentation and procedures on board ships in pandemic conditions, questionnaire research, direct and focus interviews, and participant observation.

Document synthesising the literature on mental health and wellbeing of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It contains the collected results from four electronic databases and the collected recommendations regarding the treatment of seafarers by employers in the conditions of a pandemic.

The document contains the results of an analysis of the effectiveness of 22 different methods of supporting the mental health of seafarers during the pandemic. It describes the impact of, among others: communication with family, behavior of colleagues, atmosphere on board, timely crew changes and many other factors on the mental health and general well-being of the crew during the pandemic.

The document contains information on the potentially long-term and far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of seafarers. It provides guidance to shipowners on the stressors that have been created or exacerbated by the conditions during the pandemic, and outlines selected strategies for mitigating them.

The document describes the possibilities of applying and easing restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic during the next stages of the ferry journey, using the example of the Baltic and North Sea areas. Recommendations and notes are described in the form of an extensive table covering all stages of the journey.

The article analyzes the results of a survey of 817 seafarers regarding the effectiveness of 22 different methods of supporting the mental health of seafarers during a pandemic. The impact of: communication with family, behavior of colleagues, atmosphere on board, timely crew changes and many other factors on the mental health and general well-being of the crew during the pandemic were described.