Shipping companies cannot handle the crew-change crisis individually, according to the chief executive of product tanker owner Torm.
Jacob Meldgaard told TradeWinds that coordinated, global collaboration is needed to bring home seafarers who have been unable to leave their vessels because of travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Meldgaard said his company supports the joint framework on facilitating crew changes that was released earlier this month by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and IMO.
