The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Is shipping about to be hit by a global crew shortage?
The crewing crisis never went away, the industry just worked around the problems, but with India now engulfed with a new Covid strain, Myanmar seafarers locked out due to sanctions at home and existing logjams getting worse, there is a very real possibility that shipping has a global crew shortage coming in the post. Joining the podcast this week to discuss the current crew changeover constraints and looming disaster scenarios is the International Chamber of Shipping secretary general, Guy Platten.