Australia begins to vaccinate foreign seafarers in Port Botany

Sixteen seafarers onboard a BW Epic Kosan LPG carrier received their first Covid-19 vaccination shots on Thursday while berthed at Port Botany.

In an Australian first, the crew of the Singapore-flagged, 5,000-cbm Epic St Agnes (built 2015), which is on long-term charter to Australian energy giant Origin Energy, kicked off a vaccination initiative launched by NSW Health and the NSW Ports Authority.