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The IMO urges governments to allow seafarers to depart from or reach their ships
I also invite them to be named as indispensable workers
April 1, 2020
In addition, the UN Maritime Agency has called on governments to grant these workers exemptions from restrictions on the travel required and appropriate so that seafarers can arrive on their ships and depart in order to allow crews to be re-equipped, thus allowing these transit workers through airports, ports and territory National.
In announcing the spread of the circular, the Secretary of State IMO General, Kitack Lim, reiterated that seafarers are in frontline in this global catastrophe and that the situation demands a practical and pragmatic approach to issues such as crews, their supplies and the certifications and licenses that they need.
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