Photo: Fleet Management Caravel Group’s Fleet Management (FLEET) has announced the planting of 10,000 saplings on the lands of marginalised farmers in rural India under a pact made with a NGO in June last year.
The partnership with NGO Sankalp Taru Foundation in India saw the launch of Gifting A Green Life, an initiative for FLEET to grow the saplings in the rural areas of Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan.
Trees are focal to fighting climate change as they remove escess carbon from the atmosphere by storing them. Considering the average lifespan of a fruit-bearing tree is 20 years, these 10,000 saplings, when they grow, can generate 19,980 tonnes of oxygen and sequester 10,424 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 20 years.
Feb 04 2021 The Caravel Group and Fleet Management have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Developed by a taskforce of stakeholders from across the maritime value chain, the Neptune Declaration calls for a worldwide action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by Covid-19. “Travel restrictions brought about by the global pandemic have pushed seafarers to their limits,” says Harry Banga, Chairman and CEO of the Caravel Group. “Thousands of seafarers are stranded aboard ships and are forced to work beyond their contracted period of employment. It is our collective responsibility to protect the rights and wellbeing of our seafarers, and we must do what we can to put an end to this humanitarian crisis.”
Photo: Global Maritime Forum On Tuesday 327 companies and organisations publicly committed to the Neptune Declaration of Crew Change and Seafarer Welfare in a pledge to resolve the crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on vessels when their contracts expired.
The declaration under the auspices of the Global Maritime Forum is a worldwide call for action on the crew change crisis caused by Covid-19 travel restrictions and a failure by many nations to recognise seafarers as key workers.
A number of leading executives from companies and organisations that have signed the declaration have issued public statements and comments on the declaration and Seatrade Maritime News has compiled some of these quotes that demonstrate the strength of feeling across the maritime industries.
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The Caravel Group and Fleet Management sign the Neptune Declaration in a bid to resolve the crew change crisis
The Caravel Group and Fleet Management have signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. Developed by a taskforce of stakeholders from across the maritime value chain, the Neptune Declaration calls for a worldwide action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by Covid-19.
“Travel restrictions brought about by the global pandemic have pushed seafarers to their limits,” says Harry Banga, Chairman and CEO of the Caravel Group. “Thousands of seafarers are stranded aboard ships and are forced to work beyond their contracted period of employment. It is our collective responsibility to protect the rights and wellbeing of our seafarers, and we must do what we can to put an end