Epidemic COVID-19 caught tens of thousands of sailors at sea, and when they tried to go ashore — and already the ports were closed. Now they are forced to work seven days a week and health aid to the world is not left without goods and food.The spread of coronavirus in the world caught about 150 thousand sailors in the performance of their work at sea. But when the sailors wanted to go ashore and return home after the work done, it turned out that it was impossible. Authorities quickly closed the border, and ports are waiting for the goods, but not people. In the end, the sailors have no choice but to continue to work on those ships on which they were at the beginning of the pandemic. Many of them work seven days a week, moving from port to port, and without the possibility to go ashore, even for medical care.Marine court is a key element for global trade. They account for about 90% of international freight traffic, and all the industry employs about 1.2 million seafarers. Governments in a pandemic are doing everything possible to keep the supply of goods. As for those who provides these supplies, then their fate think in the second turn. The international Federation of transport workers (ITF) has received numerous complaints from members of the crews of the unbearable working conditions and lack of access to medical care, even if the sailors are no symptoms COVID-19. The European Commission has just issued regulations to sailors gave to get home, using the ports of Rotterdam, Gibraltar, Singapore and Hong Kong. However, the Asian ports European authorities are not required to obey, and individual governments and heads of ports around the world prefer to shift the responsibility to someone else. Because sailors are often obliged to wander from one port to another, seeking permission to go ashore. In most cases — to no avail.”EU, ITF and the international labor organization said, “please give these sailors return home”, but local authorities are not doing their job. The situation with ensuring the health and safety of seafarers becomes catastrophic and every day only gets worse”,— quotes the head of the seafarers ‘ Union Nautilus International newspaper the Guardian.Last week the international Maritime organization has released a statement in which it urged governments of all countries members of the organization to do what it takes to sailors imprisoned on the vessels, could finally return home. Otherwise, warned the organization in world trade will be interrupted. Several international organizations, including the ITF and the IATA (International air transport Association), has proposed a plan of 12 steps return all of the above ��Urakov to their homeland.Kirill Saranac
