The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has kicked off a social media campaign to remind the shipping industry that the Covid-19 crew crisis is far from over.
The shipowners’ association is highlighting the “hypocrisy” of elite athletes being allowed to travel to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Australian Open Tennis tournament while seafarers struggle to get home.
Under the Twitter hashtag #DoesTableTennisCount the ICS contends that playing table tennis onboard ships should also entitle seafarers to the same travel privileges as sports men and women.
