New shipping passport to ensure new crews access to ships

Shipping companies from across the globe are hit hard by closed borders that make it very difficult to change crews. International efforts are now underway to introduce a form of shipping passport so that crews can reach their ships.
Photo: -/AFP / Panama's Health Ministry
Photo: -/AFP / Panama's Health Ministry

Right now the many borders shutting down across the world, and the airlines halting operations, represent severe threat to shipping.

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