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UN agencies issue urgent call for action on crew changes

27 May 2020

The heads of the maritime, labour and aviation organizations of the United Nations have issued a plea for urgent action on crew changes and for keyworker designation to pave the way for sea and air workers to be relieved and repatriated safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

BIMCO President speaks about opportunities and threats for shipping from digitalisation including stressing the human element

28 September 2017

The BIMCO President Mr Papagiannopoulos highlighted the main opportunities and threats for shipping coming from digitalisation at the 3rd ShipIT conference in Athens on 27 September 2017. The opportunities and threats include the admin burden on board ships, autonomous ships, blockchain, cyber risk management and not least the human elements of all these issues.

BIMCO updates information on seafarers' Mental Health

15 September 2020

BIMCO provides updated information to assist seafarers to cope with the continuous challenges of COVID-19.

WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency - BIMCO advises

31 January 2020

Since 23 January 2020, BIMCO has been busy updating members about this serious coronavirus outbreak online and it has now been announced by WHO yesterday that it is officially a global health emergency. BIMCO advises members of how this outbreak can be monitored closely and issues information and guidance accordingly.