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The Maritime Just Transition Task Force, founded by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the UN Global Compact, announced that the Singapore Maritime Foundation has become its first public program partner.

The concerns over seafarer's well-being have been discussed in a webinar, yesterday, among industry experts. An ICS & ITF briefing on the Ukraine crisis gave a clear picture of the whole situation affecting the seafarers and their families across the maritime industry.

The Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF) has launched a new appeal to the maritime industry, in order to support the seafarers and their families that are affected by the ongoing crisis, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Representatives of the global shipping industry, supported by governments, have laid out proposals on how a planned global R&D fund can be tailored to support developing economies.

ICS warned that current supply chain disruption will be negatively affected by a shortfall in the global shipping workforce due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On the occasion of 2022 International Women’s Day, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) launched its inaugural Maritime Diversity and Inclusion Charter, an online tool for shipping companies to improve work practices and policies.

SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 23 sets out the principal requirements for the rigging of pilot ladders. These provisions are also set out in the IMO/IMPA Required Boarding Arrangements for Pilot poster, featured ICS/IMPA Shipping Industry Guidance on Pilot Transfer Arrangements.

In an updated version of ICS practical guide with regards to COVID-19 protection measures for crew onboard, it is highlighted that shipping companies should develop plans and procedures to address the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic to the health of seafarers and the safety of their ship operations.

In an updated version of ICS practical guide with regards to vaccination, it is highlighted that seafarers are required by the nature of their job to travel across the world to locations which have different levels of COVID-19 infections.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on governments around the world to ensure access to medical care for seafarers, after it emerged that crews continue to be refused urgent treatment at ports during the pandemic.