- INTERCARGO is supporting the shipping community by encouraging bulk carriers in ports around the world to sound their horns at 12 noon local time.
- This wonderful gesture is to be done on June 25 is the IMO Day of the Seafarer.
- It is also to remind the world of the urgent need to vaccinate all seafarers serving on board and awaiting on shore for re-employment, and to guarantee a fair future for them.
A recent press release by Intercago showcases its support for the seafarers and also it urges that all the seafarers get vaccinated at the earliest.
Tough situation faced by seafarers
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers have found themselves both on the front line of the global response and subjected to difficult working conditions, surrounded by uncertainties and difficulties around shore leave in ports, access to medical facilities on shore, re-supply, crew changeovers and repatriation.
INTERCARGO applauds
INTERCARGO applauds the efforts of those countries, including the United States and the Netherlands, which have begun seafarer inoculation programmes utilising their ports as vaccination hubs.
Vitally they are vaccinating both national and international seafarers that enter their ports.
INTERCARGO urges all other maritime nations to follow this lead and ensure vaccination programmes are put in place to support the seafarer, especially in light of the continuing emergence of new variants of the COVID-19 virus.
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Source: Intercargo
