10 Aug 2021

Shipping companies reluctant to test crews for Covid-19, says union

From Midday Report, 12:16 pm on 10 August 2021

A maritime union says relying on the honesty of shipping companies to declare Covid-positive crew when arriving in New Zealand is a system doomed to fail. Last week, more than 90 workers boarded the Rio De La Plata in Tauranga, before finding out nearly half the ship's crew were infected with Covid-19. Māni Dunlop speaks to the Merchant Service Guild's vice-president Captain Iain MacLeod.