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NEW DAWN, NEW NORMAL – The Human Impact

2021, April 2: COVID-19 IS NOT THE WORLD’S FIRST PANDEMIC and certainly not the deadliest. It is, however, the most widespread and disruptive the...

NEW DAWN NEW NORMAL: IMO Support in post-pandemic Caribbean

Seafarers at the core of shipping’s future ◊ Ratification of IMO regulations still an issue BY Colin P. Young * The international maritime regulatory framework...

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Caribbean, Latin America most affected

Caribbean, Latin America most affected by 2020 pandemic The second half of 2020 began with no less uncertainty than the first half ended. The impacts...

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: When cruise tourism disappeared

... bringing renewed appreciation for the value of cargo operations It was not until hospitals in Europe were becoming overwhelmed with admissions for a strange...

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Pandemic notwithstanding, global ports report stability, growth

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Pandemic notwithstanding, global ports report stability, growth 2020 December 01: As this ‘year like no other’ entered its final weeks, a...

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Special report 2020

2020 - A year like no other Presidential elections in the USA helped in no small measure to make 2020 a year like no other....

STRANDED AT SEA: ICS sounds alarm – seafarers must be made ‘Key Workers’

2020 October 01: The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), on International Day of the Seafarer  (June 25, 2020) sounded the alarm about the plight...

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Port activity during COVID-19

Port activity during COVID-19 - cruise hit hard, cargo…not so much 2020 October 1: Not many saw it coming and no one could have planned...

STRANDED AT SEA: Seafarers ‘stuck at sea’ a threat to global stability

STRANDED AT SEA: Seafarers ‘stuck at sea’ a threat to global stability Make them global-essential ‘Key Workers’ 2020 October 01: As the sun rose on World Maritime...

STRANDED AT SEA: Suicide main cause of death at sea

Suicide is now the foremost cause of deaths amongst seafarers, an “… isolated, vulnerable, and globally essential workforce.” 2020, October 1: As the global death...

STRANDED AT SEA: Make the world’s seafarers Global Key Workers

Make the world’s seafarers Global Key Workers At the time of going to press, our world as we knew it changed, in some respects, radically....

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: CLIA suspends global cruise industry

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: CLIA suspends global cruise industry 2020 April 2: On March 13, 2020, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) took extreme action...