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NEWS FROM CHRIS CARR - August 2020
Hope all is well and everyone is doing good. At long last I
have that magical news that I'm finally signing off next port
in Los Angeles on the 20th. Been a long extended contract
and will be coming back to a very different world as to the
one I left in January. Its been a busy trip with name/flag
change, change of charters. External ISPS/ISM/MLC
audits, Radio survey, port state control both in person and
virtual (far better just send them emails and photos) and 5
different lines. But its been good apart from no shore leave
so been coupe up here, think national governments from
around the world have been very poor towards sailors by
denying crew to sign off, citing the virus all while airports
and flights still flying normal people who have a vastly
greater chance of having / catching the virus then sailors
stuck at sea. Many governments seem to forget that if the
ships were to stop would topple countries in a matter of
days without being supplied by them. The IMO are very
slow at trying to fix this, but at least a few governments UK,
USA and Canada for example kept the ports open for crew changes cause they understand the vital importance that seafarers play.
As for my company they are having great problems getting crew off, they make a plan all approved from our side then speak to the
charters who don’t approve of it because they need to divert course to a different port to make the change happen. Just happy that
we are close to the USA now as this is the only place on this line that we can make a crew change. Looking forward to relaxing at
home.
Chris
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