Medical

The document describes the models of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 epidemics on a passenger ship. A strategy of conduct in order to limit the spread of the epidemic was presented. The used testing methods and protection measures are described.

The article describes an influenza epidemic that occurred on a cruise ship sailing between Sydney and Noumea in 2000. The symptoms and methods of treatment are described, as well as the methods used to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

The document provides guidance on management methods , to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services for maritime transport workers and persons on board vessels. Workers performing duties on seagoing vessels , regardless of their nationality, should be able to transit and travel to ensure continuity of their work activities.

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.

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.

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.

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) 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.

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.