Seafarer Vaccination Conundrum a 'Legal Minefield', ICS Says
seafarers this year."Seafarers have already given us so much. Navigating quarantines, the suspension of flights routes and health restrictions that have kept them away from their family and friends. All to keep the world supplied with essential goods."The shipping industry needs to find creative solutions to the problem. In the short term this means getting seafarers vaccinations in their countries where there are established programs and sufficient supplies of vaccines. In the long term it’s about exploring the idea of public-private partnerships. There may even be the opportunity, when
DFDS Is Recruiting IT Developers
may still anticipate that shipping companies are only for shipping experts and seafarers,” said Henrik Holck, the company’s EVP, People and Ships.“We need all categories of competencies and our future success very much depends on our ability to create digital and IT solutions. Creative solutions make life easier for our customers and enable us to move people and goods ever more efficiently,” he said.Holck foresees that DFDS will need up to 50 additional IT experts in the near future, but the task of recruiting this workforce has proved easier said than done.“We simply have
Transas CEO Coles Speaks on the Future for Seafarers
algorithms. The crew will, instead, be able to focus on the tasks they know best and were employed for - namely, delivering the ship and its cargo safely from A to B. Freeing the seafarers from unending paperwork will give them more opportunity to carry out pro-active maintenance or devise creative solutions or procedures that will have a long-term positive impact on vessel efficiency and safety. Our approach to training too needs to reflect this changing picture. We would do well to embrace the potential of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and other such tools
