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Taiwan to Significantly Limit Cruise Calls with New Measures.

UK Ports Calls For Funding For Local Preparedness For Coronavirus.

Fifteen Organizations Call For Bold Action on Europe's Green Deal.

Concerned Seafarers Call for Greater Access to PPE.

Shipping Alliance Calls for Solution to Crew Change Shutdown.

Coronavirus hits port calls by 30%.

Virgin Islands Deny Grandeur of the Seas Call.

Seattle Cancels Two Cruise Calls Amid Coronavirus.

Coronavirus Nightmare for Cruise Operators Continues as Ports Ban Cruise Ship Calls | World Maritime News

RNLI warning after crews called out more than 1,000 times across the North of England last year.

Coast Guard asks people stranded by Harvey to call them instead of posting on social media for help.

Satellite calls did not come from missing Argentine submarine: navy spokesman

MSC Grandiosa Makes Maiden Call to Hamburg.

Cruise tourism is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. However, the health and safety of thousands of cruise tourists have been put in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The refusal of cruise ships calling has been the most significant reason behind the health hazards faced by passengers. Moreover, some coastal States have decided to close their borders, leaving passengers to their own fate in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak on board. Situation analysis contributes to demonstrating obstacles encountered in public health governance on cruise tourism. Information is collected from official websites of governments and international organizations to investigate the reasons behind the non-compliance of these countries with the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005). Academic literatures showcase different views on the necessity of revising the IHR (2005). Statistical analysis is used to assess core capacities required by the IHR (2005) of the coastal States. Coastal States reserve their rights to refuse foreign cruise ships to enter ports and to prevent the persons aboard from embarking or disembarking so long as conditions under Article 43 are met. However, some foreign cruise ships were directly refused to call by various coastal States without scientific evidence. This practice stems largely from the high risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in cruise ships and the resulting burden from the cruise pandemic response. Compared with improving IHR (2005), especially its dispute settlement mechanism, helping coastal States to boost their core capacities is more conducive to solving the problem of cruise public health governance. The improvement of core capacities can be carried out from the aspects of surveillance of cruise ships and risk assessment, medical examinations on cruise travelers, cruise design and cruise tourism management.

Nautilus International is calling for radical new thinking to stop the rising death toll among merchant seafarers involved in lifeboat drills.

Nautilus International is calling for radical new thinking to stop the rising death toll among merchant seafarers involved in lifeboat drills.

A petition calling for the reinstatement of an emergency towing vessel (ETV) for the Western Isles has been handed to the UK government.

Capsized boat: Search for missing fishermen 'called off' for day.

Staff Didn't Perceive Danger in El Faro's Distress Call.

Call for Great Barrier Reef shipping review.

Cruise Lines Cancel All Calls to Tunisia Following Terrorist Attack.