The Sea Asia Virtual Preview webinar earlier this week - Industry Panel: Thriving Shipping Business through the Human Element – painted a picture of ongoing challenges for crew change despite unprecedented cross industry collaboration.
Setting the scene moderator Nitin Marthur, Managing Director Commercial for Wallem, said that as result of the pandemic, “Seafarers have been treated as pariahs and number issues such as mental and physical well-being of crew needs to be proactively confronted.
“Sadly it takes a pandemic for us to have dialogue about seafarers basic human rights and next generation seafarer training.”
Speaking from the perspective of one of the world’s largest crewing managers Gerardo Borromeo, Vice-Chairman and CEO of PTC Group, explained: “This has been an unprecedented time for all of us over the last 13 months and we don’t really see the end in sight for many reasons.
Crew change in Singapore Seafarer welfare and the outlook for post pandemic global trade will form the key discussion points at Sea Asia’s inaugural Virtual Preview event, which commences on 21 April for two days – as part of Singapore Maritime Week.
Seafarer welfare and the outlook for post pandemic global trade will form the key discussion points at Sea Asia’s inaugural
Virtual Preview event, which commences on 21 April for two days – as part of Singapore Maritime Week. This will take place ahead of Sea Asia 2021, a hybrid virtual and physical event (21 - 23 September) aimed at bringing people and businesses back together, to collaborate, re-engage, re-establish relationships, and reconnect around the transformation of the maritime industry following the uncertainty and disruption of the global COVID-19 pandemic.