Recently ALCO through their marketing team of Windy and Sarah organised a webinar that was well attended by numerous clients of ALCO. Our Dr. (Capt.) Vivek Jain, provided his insights into the current issues and how to mitigate the issues during the webinar. There was very positive feedback. This article is for those, who could not attend the webinar.
His focus was on the effects of COVID-19 issue on commercial aspects of maritime trade. His focus on commercial issue was based on the fact, that if the stakeholders can protect their economic interest, then it is more likely that kind of distress faced by the seafarers can be alleviated. The reasoning being that ultimately all boils down to issues of costs and expenses, and no matter how unfair it seems to seafarers in distress. Therefore, the financial aspects cannot be divorced from social aspects in the commercial shipping. There has to be a realist angle to it and of course he highlighted a need of solidarity and all parties in commercial chain should refrain from being adversarial as it affects the backbone of shipping – the seafarers.
See attached file: ALCO2020/0009 COVID-19 & Maritime Law Issues.pdf
Covid-2019及相关法律问题
近期，ALCO通过市场部团队组织了一场网络研讨会，众多ALCO客户积极参会。在研讨会中，Vivek Jain博士（船长）对于Covid-2019引发的争议以及如何减少争议提供了他的见解。与会者对这场会议做了积极的反馈，本文将为未参与研讨会的各位提供会议内容概要。
Vivek着眼于COVID-19对海运贸易商业方面产生的影响展开本次演讲。他对商业争议的核心观点基于这样一个事实，相关利益方如果可以保护他们的经济利益，那么海员面临的困境也更容易得到缓解。因为无论对陷入疫情困境的海员们有多么不公，所有的问题最终都被归结于成本和支出的问题。因而在商业航运中，经济上的考量不能脱离社会层面讨论，必须从现实的角度来看待COVID-19争议。当然，他强调了团结的重要性，航运商业链中的每一环都应避免互相敌对，因为这将影响到航运业的支柱——海员。
详细信息请参阅附件。
