International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have come together to get crew changes happening again. There are an estimated 100,000 crew monthly unable to be changed over due to COVID-19 restrictions at ports worldwide there is a growing crisis of seafarers whose contracts are up but unable to the leave the vessel and return home. The organizations are calling on all governments to designate a specific and limited number of crew change airports for the safe movement and repatriation of crew as this would achieve critical mass for the resumption of crew change flights to these airports, keeping global supply chains open.
