The below is an excerpt of an article in Riviera, published April 1, 2021. Written by Rebecca Moore.
Odfjell Ship Management, MPS, vice president Svend Foyn-Bruun underlined the impact of Covid and said that every owner’s primary objectives should be: keep crew safe and mentally fit, no Covid cases on board; keep families happy; maintain training and assessment (through webinars, Teams etc).
“We must build crew loyalty, if we lose loyalty, they will leave us and then we have an even bigger problem. Our focus is to keep the crew happy.”
Svend Foyn-Bruun, VP Maritime Personnel
In his presentation he highlighted that international maritime societies must push national interests for “firm and simple rules to process crew changes” and added that vaccination “is the only way out and will requre public-private corporation supported by IMO and NGOs.”
