The International Maritime
Organization ( IMO) has issued guidelines from the World Health Organization
(WHO) on the safe and efficient usage of personal protective equipment ( PPE)
to help recommendations on the use of PPE to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19
contamination for seafarers, naval personnel, fishing vessel staff, passengers
and those on board ships.
Organization ( IMO) has issued guidelines from the World Health Organization
(WHO) on the safe and efficient usage of personal protective equipment ( PPE)
to help recommendations on the use of PPE to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19
contamination for seafarers, naval personnel, fishing vessel staff, passengers
and those on board ships.
According to the association, this
instruction often extends to shore staff preparing to board the vessel (e.g.
pilots, port employees, port state control officers, shipping agents, and
others) and to all of these individuals communicating with each other.
instruction often extends to shore staff preparing to board the vessel (e.g.
pilots, port employees, port state control officers, shipping agents, and
others) and to all of these individuals communicating with each other.
Shipping is important to the supply
chain of the planet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that all
personnel involved are safe from contamination, including those aboard ships
and shore staff who will need to temporarily board ships or communicate with
seafarers.
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chain of the planet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that all
personnel involved are safe from contamination, including those aboard ships
and shore staff who will need to temporarily board ships or communicate with
seafarers.
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To support decision making and risk
assessment, IMO has also circulated practical measures to address COVID-19
risks for all people involved on ships and in ports when they may need to
interact with each other.
assessment, IMO has also circulated practical measures to address COVID-19
risks for all people involved on ships and in ports when they may need to
interact with each other.
Recognizing that there are differences
in national requirements, the guidelines propose a straight forward system to
evaluate the risks and communicate the control measures that will be put in
place, by mutual agreement, to reduce infection risk. They also propose simple
steps and precautions to take if attendance onboard a ship is unavoidable.
These include minimizing the number of persons attending; using outer walkways
rather than access through the crew accommodation; frequently cleaning hands
and maintaining social distancing.
in national requirements, the guidelines propose a straight forward system to
evaluate the risks and communicate the control measures that will be put in
place, by mutual agreement, to reduce infection risk. They also propose simple
steps and precautions to take if attendance onboard a ship is unavoidable.
These include minimizing the number of persons attending; using outer walkways
rather than access through the crew accommodation; frequently cleaning hands
and maintaining social distancing.
COVID-19 relevant recommendations for
maintaining a secure shipboard interface between ship-based and shore-based
staff have been introduced by a wide cross-section of global industry groups in
consultative status with the IMO: ICS, IAPH, BIMCO, IACS, IFSMA, IMPA,
INTERTANKO, P&I Clubs, CLIA, INTERCARGO, Inter-Manager, IPTA, FONASBA, and
WSC; and also take account of input from the International Maritime Employers’
Council (IMEC) and the International Support Vessel Owners Association (ISOA).
maintaining a secure shipboard interface between ship-based and shore-based
staff have been introduced by a wide cross-section of global industry groups in
consultative status with the IMO: ICS, IAPH, BIMCO, IACS, IFSMA, IMPA,
INTERTANKO, P&I Clubs, CLIA, INTERCARGO, Inter-Manager, IPTA, FONASBA, and
WSC; and also take account of input from the International Maritime Employers’
Council (IMEC) and the International Support Vessel Owners Association (ISOA).
