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“Shipping is indispensable to world trade, it is indispensable to the daily lives of people.

This is a wake-up call about the important role that seafarers play.”

Dr. Cleopatra

Doumbia-Henry,

President,

World Maritime University © andrej pol/AdobeStock “A Culture of Adjustment” culture of malpractice in terms of recording of hours of work

A sweeping new report from WMU entitled ‘A Culture of and hours of rest,” said Dr. Doumbia-Henry. That malpractice

Adjustment,’ examines seafarer work and rest hours, a report is a “huge concern and it is also very dangerous,” not only for which con? rms previous research that suggested recording the health and well-being of the seafarers but also for ship- malpractices are widespread, which seriously questions the ping itself. “We are all part of a chain and these people (sea- capacity of the current regulatory framework to prevent fa- farers) are important. This is the time for us to say seafarers tigue and mitigate its effects. These de? ciencies are magni? ed are indispensable to world trade. You need them to keep your exponentially by the strain of COVID-19, and the analysis in- economies a? oat.” dicates that insuf? cient manning is the root cause of violations

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