International Chamber of Shipping Chairman Esben Poulsson expressed gratitude about the cooperation between industry and social partners on the issue of crew changes. However, "government bureaucracy and a lack of political leadership has meant that 400,000 seafarers remain stranded, leaving the supply chains we rely upon at critical risk of collapsing", he said.
During Poulsson s keynote remarks at the opening of the Informa Markets Digital Maritime Week, he warned that "with some 400,000 seafarers still in need of crew change, the global supply chains and trade are under threat from the logjam caused by the inability to conduct crew exchanges in most countries".
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