Shipowners, charterers and other shipping stakeholders have launched a new concerted effort to protect seafarers from Covid-19 and make crew changes easier as lockdowns bite.
A coalition of 314 companies and organisations have signed up to the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.
Shipowners and operators involved include big names such as AP Moller–Maersk, John Fredriksen's shipping empire, CMA CGM, Mediterranean Shipping Co, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line and Louis Dreyfus Co.
