Ship operators are doing all they can to ensure the safety of seafarers around the globe and the trade of vital food and supplies – but these important measures are proving costly as well as tricky warns crew specialist Henrik Jensen of Danica Crewing Services.

Seafarer training will change significantly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic predicts crew manager Henrik Jensen.

Henrik Jensen, Danica founder and managing director.

Solving the crew-change challenge is proving difficult under the current circumstances, warns crewing specialist Danica.

Following a survey conducted by Danica, a Hamburg-based crewing specialist, the company’s managing director Henrik Jensen has stated that: “Our survey shows that 80 per cent of the seafarers who do not have internet access today would move jobs in order to get it. This is a huge warning to those shipping companies who do not offer crew internet access onboard their vessels.”