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NEW DAWN, NEW NORMAL: COVID-19, Lasting impacts, long-term implications

How will all this affect the Caribbean? By Jan Sierhuis Even before COVID-19 got to its second anniversary, it had already severely disrupted global trade. The...

NEW DAWN, NEW NORMAL: Covid-19 – The Economic Impact

Covid-19 - The Economic Impact By Jan Sierhuis*  Covid-19pandemic has disrupted global trade. The reason is simple: trade and tourism are great vehicles for pandemics. The...

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...