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IMHA - Getting healthy seafarers to a ship (August 2020)
A common sense, best practice approach to mitigate the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in seafarers joining the ship.
In the current pandemic situation, it has proved incredibly difficult to facilitate crew changes on ships. COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, notably in many of the so called ‘crewing countries’. Therefore, it is imperative that governments, ship owners, seafarers and the international agencies agree on a standard protocol to mitigate the risk of seafarers introducing COVID-19 onto a ship when crew is changed and to reassure countries where crew change is to take place that seafarers are a low risk group for the transmission of COVID-19.
The International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) has reviewed the current evidence and is in the process of obtaining additional information on practice around the world, in collaboration with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). However, exact science in this field is currently lacking so IMHA has produced this interim paper to offer a common sense, best practice approach to mitigate the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in seafarers joining the ship.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Protocols to Mitigate the Risks of Cases On Board Ships
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- Manning Agency Guidelines
- Managing your mental health during the Covid 19 pandemic
- Poster - Psychological First Aid
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Recommended Framework of Protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (5 October 2020)
- COVID-19 - 12-Step Guide to the IMO’s Recommended Framework of Protocols for Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and Travel
- IMHA - Getting healthy seafarers to a ship (August 2020)
- Poster - Coping with stress during COVID-19
- Poster - How seafarers can help their children handle stress during COVID-19
- Best Management Practices: ICMA Guidance for Maritime Ministry During COVID-19
- ILO - Information note on maritime labour issues and coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Seafarers' Coronavirus FAQs
- Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases outbreak on board ships
