Covid corner-cutting will lead to deaths, ITF warns
Seafarer safety is being jeopardised by the relaxation of international maritime rules during the pandemic, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has warned.
A new report by the ITF’s Maritime Safety Committee 'Beyond the Limit: How Covid-19 corner-cutting places too much risk in the international shipping system' found that if temporary short cuts adopted in the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic continue, or become permanent, there will be a rise in shipping accidents and environmental disasters.
