The Covid.19 Pandemic is changing the life at sea, the ships and the shipping world too! ... and there is a lot of work to do for that ...!!

The Covid.19 Pandemic has impacted almost everything in the world, so much so that its exhaustive list could only be handled by some supercomputer!

 It has impacted the 'control' or 'controls' in far too many operations and in that the ships' operations can not be any exceptions!

This is because of its severe effects on the human resource, the material supply chains, the money factors, the new awareness about the maritime shipping in the world and above all its impact on the pace of constant change and its direction in the Maritime world and not missing out the increased opportunistic piracy activities under these circumstances.

Innovations and incentives may also be de-linked and what motivates the seafarers may change altogether for good too.

However, a certain major portion of the Maritime aspects never change and them being the fundamental Mathematics, laws of floatation, Science behind Navigation, Engineering, Cargo work, maintenance work, Food Technology, several high-tech automation and their electronic and remote controls and the preservation of human lives through the thick and thin of the daily life at sea.

The ship's medicine chest, sick-bay designs may change and the syllabus for the 'First Aid at Sea' may change too ..... the newly enhanced encouragement of women to join the seas may take a beating after the on-going indefinite delays to the movement of seafarers being experienced.

Focus on the development of the autonomous ships and handling their movements may get accelerated though not at the speed of Covid.19 vaccine research!

But in all this one big factor is bound to emerge - out of necessity - that of the new Leadership at sea and the Leaders in the form of the Captains, Chief Engineers, Officers, Engineers, Petty officers, Cooks-Chefs and the senior ratings - these ranks are bound to change in their approach to the lfe at sea irreversibly.

The scientific calculations are going to remain unchanged but the factors controlling them have to undergo that impending change after the pandemic, which is not defined, not predictable, not funded ...but purely driven by the Markets and the human societies and their lifestyles that are being re-shaped on an unimaginable scale and variances.

So let's be prepared for that change but without letting-go the huge positive evolution in work culture humans have made in the shipboard workplaces since the last such known Pandemic !! 

And that is going to take a lot of hard work by known as well as unknown ways of work !!

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