.......  and COVID-19 decides to change it all...    
      including how we look from the high seas to the 
      shores...

    ... meaning of safe-ports changes in today's context 


     ... the handshakes extended by shore representatives become a dreadful instances...

       ... the shores and ports become sources of stores and supplies but also possibilities of infections more  than before....


 ... Life on ships that changed for better over the decades becomes that of isolation from human societies for uncertain periods ...

... social media no longer becomes a source of good news but words of relatives and friends afraid ...

... rules and regulations become stringent and some impossible to meet unless relaxed ...

...  work styles change ... Chief Officers once again need to think 'bulk head swobbing and work desks cleaning as the daily jobs for the ratings .... shared keyboards and headsets and much more a suspect ...

..Navigation remains the same but so far, Machinery space operations remain the same but so far ... changing economies awaits changing that too ...

.. whether the seafarers are ready or not - for change is a change without being selective ... whether on land or on ships, whether on land or in port or at sea...