Industry commitment is slowly solving crewing crisis
Crew managers working alongside shipowners, agencies, and medical professionals have repatriated many more seafarers. The cost has been high but important lessons have been learnt
V.Group has taken over a 160-room hotel in Manila to provide an isolation facility for seafarers; shipowners have diverted vessels to effect crew change; seafarer sourcing is expected to be reassessed in light of the logistical nightmare