China and the Maritime Supply Chain (Crew Quarantines/AIS Blackout) | What's Going on With Shipping?

November 26, 2021

On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy - discusses two stories relating to China and the Global Supply Chain. The first deals with the issue of crew rotation and the decision by China to quarantine its own nationals returning from sea, and prohibiting any foreign national crew rotations. The second deals with the shutdown in Automated Information System (AIS) relay transmissions from China to the world.

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Review of Maritime Transport 2021
https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/rmt2021_en_0.pdf

China is imposing quarantines of up to 7 weeks for cargo ship crew, and it's bad news for the supply chain
https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-supply-chain-crisis-long-china-covid-quarantines-2021-11

China’s Covid Zero Policy Towards Seafarers Escalates Supply Chain Crisis
https://gcaptain.com/chinas-covid-zero-policy-seafarers-escalates-supply-chain-crisis/

Adrift: COVID-19 and the Safety and Seafarers
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1145695.pdf

Port Congestion Eases in Asia While U.S. Battles Import Deluge
https://gcaptain.com/port-congestion-eases-asia-u-s-battles-import-deluge/

Off The Grid: Chinese Data Law Adds to Global Shipping Disruption
https://gcaptain.com/off-the-grid-chinese-data-law-adds-to-global-shipping-disruption/

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