Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
The IMO document analyses how the COVID-19 pandemic, over the past few years, has affected the maritime industry and seafarers, and what the consequences will be for maritime transport worldwide.
Joint statement urging continued collaboration to address the crew change crisis, safeguard seafarer health and safety, and avoid supply chain disruptions during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic
These papers examine the current situation of pandemic coronavirus development. The continued rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the Omicron variant, is a stark reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. The epidemiological situation continues to evolve, posing new challenges to societies and economies, including international shipping, which is crucial to global trade.
Industry recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic
The document presents the recommended recommendations that the Maritime Safety Committee adopted at its 102nd session (4 to 11 November 2020) on framework protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and voyages during a coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), circulated through Circular Letter 4204/Add.14/Rev.1.
Guidance on seafarers’ training and certification for issuing administrations, flag states and port states during the covid-19 pandemic
The document presents the guidelines that the Maritime Safety Committee approved, at its 104th session (4-8 October 2021), for the training and certification of seafarers for issuing Administrations, flag statesand port States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resolution MSC.490(103)
Resolution MSC.490(103) recommends that Member States and competent national authorities: prioritise seafarers in their national COVID-19 vaccination programmes taking note of the guidance in the WHO SAGE4 roadmap for prioritising COVID-19 vaccine use.
Information note on maritime labour issues and coronavirus (COVID-19)
This paper characterises the impact of the pandemi coronavirus on the global crisis in maritime transport.The pandemic has had a direct impact on the work of 2 million seafarers worldwide.Seafarers’ and shipowners’ organisations have turned to the International Labour Office for
for guidance on how best to deal with the complexities of the current crisis in light of the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention.
List of Circular Letters with COVID-19 related notifications received from Member States and Associate Members
This document lists the COVID-19 notification circular letters received from Member States and Associate Members.
The Maritime Safety Committee
Resolution MSC.473(ES.2 ) provides recommendations and operating procedures to facilitate ship crew changes, access to medical care and travel of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The logistics of providing seafarers with immediate access to medical care and medical facilities and facilitating the medical evacuation of seafarers in need of urgent medical attention is a key element of the aforementioned document.
IMO – Information on availability of vaccines for seafarers is provided
IMO resolution on seafarer vaccination.ICMA supports all efforts to “recognise seafarers as key workers and give them priority access to Covid-19 vaccines”. At this time, government agencies, industry, labour and seafarers’ welfare organisations are facilitating a wide range of efforts to introduce seafarers’ vaccines worldwide.
The Ships Captain’s medical guide
This book provides basic recommendations for injuries, illnesses and outbreaks on board ship. In reality it is often very difficult to make an accurate diagnosis of an infectious disease without laboratory investigations.It may be possible if there are very specific features such as a rash (varicella) or cluster of suggestive features (regular fever, enlarged spleen and history of mosquito bites in an endemic area). Because of the difficulty in making an accurate diagnosis on board ship you may have to give a variety of treatments each directed at different infections agents.
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