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German shipowners complain that the problem of changing crews continues to worsen
Hartmann: Those successfully completed are still the exception, not the rule
June 24, 2020
"That crew changes are not yet authorised measure at least sufficient -- pointed out the President of the It is not the first time that the European Parliament has been involved in this debate. unsustainable situation. We are concerned about our seafarers, health and safety on board the ships. If the situation doesn't change -- warned the president of the association German shipowners - the supply chains will break down because ships cannot continue to operate. So even the supplies for all of us, for example food, raw materials or medicines, are at risk."
Explaining that to make a change of crew in a port seafarers must be allowed to get on or off the ship, they must be allowed to reach a nearby airport to boarding a flight to their country where it must be allowed to enter them, and so must be the case for maritime authorities to replace these colleagues, Hartmann specified that "in some ports, such as those in Europe, Hong Kong or Singapore, this is again made possible, but - he said - this should not allow us to draw Misled: the successful crew changes are still the exception, not the rule."
The President of the VDR pointed out that the maritime industry and the unions have done everything in their power to try to resolve the situation by providing, among other things, to all countries in the world a step-by-step procedure that allows you to change the crew also during the pandemic, procedure - has recalled Hartmann -- "that costs nothing and is easy you want to implement. The problem, he added, is not the shipowners, but governments that do not implement these procedures. We urge them to permanently remove travel restrictions and allow travel restrictions crew changes. Seafarers, Hartmann pointed out, are systemically important."
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"That crew changes are not yet authorised measure at least sufficient -- pointed out the President of the It is not the first time that the European Parliament has been involved in this debate. unsustainable situation. We are concerned about our seafarers, health and safety on board the ships. If the situation doesn't change -- warned the president of the association German shipowners - the supply chains will break down because ships cannot continue to operate. So even the supplies for all of us, for example food, raw materials or medicines, are at risk."
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
