Countries agree to help seafarers marooned at sea due to coronavirus

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LONDON (REUTERS) - A dozen countries including the United States, Britain and Singapore agreed on Thursday (July 9) to speed up efforts to get hundreds of thousands of stranded merchant sailors home after they had been at sea for many months due to the coronavirus.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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LONDON - A dozen countries including the United States, Britain and Singapore agreed on Thursday to speed up efforts to get hundreds of thousands of stranded merchant sailors home after they had been at sea for many months due to the coronavirus.

Some 200,000 seafarers are affected, with Covid-19 travel restrictions make it almost impossible to rotate crews, according to the UN's International Maritime Organisation.Shipping industry officials say many sailors are at breaking point, in a situation the UN has described as a"humanitarian crisis".

About 90 per cent of world trade is transported by sea, and coronavirus restrictions in some jurisdictions are still affecting supply chains despite an easing of lockdown in many parts of the world. Guy Platten, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Shipping association, said the countries who had agreed to open up borders must now act on their commitments.

"Governments must now use this summit as a catalyst to implement the solutions the shipping industry has provided, applying the political will needed to put them into practice," he added.

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