Foreign Crew Members Arriving at Busan Gamcheon Port to Receive Masks

Busan Port Seafarers Welfare Committee Donates Quarantine Relief Supplies to Seafarers Arriving at Gamcheon Port

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Port Seafarers Welfare Committee has decided to generously donate a large quantity of quarantine relief supplies to foreign seafarers arriving at Busan Gamcheon Port to prevent COVID-19.

The quarantine relief supplies will be delivered to the Gamcheon Port Development Council at the Gamcheon Port Authority office on the 10th. The supplies include 15,000 droplet masks and 1,400 hand sanitizers.

This amount will be distributed over one month to 250 vessels arriving at Gamcheon Port.

The quarantine relief supplies were prepared with donations received by the Busan Port Seafarers Welfare Committee, the Catholic Diocese of Busan Maritime Pastoral Council, the Busan Christian Maritime Federation, and the National Maritime Seafarers Labor Union Council.

Jeon Young-woo, chairman of the Seafarers Welfare Committee, said, “According to advice from field volunteers that seafarers arriving at Gamcheon Port are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection due to difficulties in securing masks and hand sanitizers after long voyages, we decided to donate these supplies for the health of seafarers and the safety of Gamcheon Port.”

Chairman Jeon appealed, “Support and attention from the local community are needed for seafarers entering and leaving the port who lack quarantine supplies.”

The Busan Port Seafarers Welfare Committee is the only domestic port seafarers welfare committee, established on October 22, 2015, in accordance with Chapter 4, Article 4 (Use of Onshore Seafarers Welfare Facilities) of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006).

The committee is a council that conducts projects such as surveying the supply and demand of seafarers welfare facilities at Busan Port, coordinating cooperation and roles for seafarers welfare at Busan Port, discovering proposals and requests for seafarers welfare, collaborating with ISWAN (International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network), and supporting Christmas events.

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