How to solve COVID's crew change crisis and protect global supply chains

Jul 1, 2021

A sailor on an Indonesia-flagged cement carrier pulls a bag as the Mission of Seafarers delivers supplies to sailors stranded on visiting cargo vessels due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong, China March 22, 2021. Picture taken March 22, 2021.

Sailor receives a bag of supplies on a stranded cargo vessel in Hong Kong, 22 March 2021. Image: REUTERS/Lam Yik

Jeremy Nixon

Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd

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