Ship from Sierra Leone docked in Dublin last week, 26 crew cleared.

josip · 13-10-2014 02:08PM

Fare thee well my lovely Dinah, A thousand times adieu...

jillymayr · 13-10-2014 03:11PM

OP, they shouldnt have been let off just yet

rossie1977 · 13-10-2014 03:15PM

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Would you say it's time to crack each others heads open and feast on the goo inside?

live feed from dublin port

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpJoMuuE3Eg

13-10-2014 03:28PM

out of curiousity, I googled the International Shipping Chamber guidelines for Ebola Outreaks

The ICS (International Chamber of Shipping), IMEC (International Maritime Employers’ Council), and the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) urgently advise that on all such vessels:

1. The Master should ensure that the crew are aware of the risks, how the virus can be spread and how to reduce the risk.

2. The ISPS requirements on ensuring that unauthorised personnel do not board the vessel should be strictly enforced throughout the duration of the vessel being in port.

3. The Master should give careful consideration to granting any shore leave whilst in impacted ports.

4. The shipowner/operator should avoid making crew changes in the ports of an affected country.

5. After departure the crew should be aware of the symptoms and report any occurring symptoms immediately to the person in charge of medical care.

A spokesperson for the three organisations said: “Everyone is deeply concerned for those suffering from the Ebola epidemic and supportive of a coordinated world response to help them.

We particularly applaud all those medical staff who are risking their lives to help.

In the meantime we want to make sure that those in the world shipping industry play our part in ensuring the safety of crews visiting the affected countries, and minimising the risk of the virus spreading further.”

so now yiz know

youtube! · 13-10-2014 04:02PM

Jake1 wrote: »

out of curiousity, I googled the International Shipping Chamber guidelines for Ebola Outreaks

The ICS (International Chamber of Shipping), IMEC (International Maritime Employers’ Council), and the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) urgently advise that on all such vessels:

1. The Master should ensure that the crew are aware of the risks, how the virus can be spread and how to reduce the risk.

2. The ISPS requirements on ensuring that unauthorised personnel do not board the vessel should be strictly enforced throughout the duration of the vessel being in port.

3. The Master should give careful consideration to granting any shore leave whilst in impacted ports.

4. The shipowner/operator should avoid making crew changes in the ports of an affected country.

5. After departure the crew should be aware of the symptoms and report any occurring symptoms immediately to the person in charge of medical care.

A spokesperson for the three organisations said: “Everyone is deeply concerned for those suffering from the Ebola epidemic and supportive of a coordinated world response to help them.

We particularly applaud all those medical staff who are risking their lives to help.

In the meantime we want to make sure that those in the world shipping industry play our part in ensuring the safety of crews visiting the affected countries, and minimising the risk of the virus spreading further.”

so now yiz know

Good research but it seems like nothing more than lip service to me, fact is sailors from freetown were in Dublin for 2 days doing god knows what with god knows who, I am not saying they were infected but as they had no medical checks whatsoever it is very worrying.

ceadaoin. · 13-10-2014 04:17PM

youtube! wrote: »

Good research but it seems like nothing more than lip service to me, fact is sailors from freetown were in Dublin for 2 days doing god knows what with god knows who, I am not saying they were infected but as they had no medical checks whatsoever it is very worrying.

The majority of people in west Africa don't have ebola so I'm sure it will be fine. Medical checks are no use if the person is in the incubation period or doesn't have a fever. They aren't going to stop travel from affected areas any time soon. The only reason I could see that happening is if millions were infected and by then it would probably have spread everywhere anyway. If you really are worried, all you can do is take extra precautions with your own hygiene. Wash your hands more frequently and try to avoid touching your face before you have washed them when out in public.

josip · 13-10-2014 04:21PM

youtube! wrote: »

Good research but it seems like nothing more than lip service to me, fact is sailors from freetown were in Dublin for 2 days doing god knows what with god knows who, I am not saying they were infected but as they had no medical checks whatsoever it is very worrying.

According to a mate of mine who works down at the port, the cargo is chilled monkey brains and it's a regular shipment to the Michelin star restaurants in town!

youtube! · 13-10-2014 05:07PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

The majority of people in west Africa don't have ebola so I'm sure it will be fine. Medical checks are no use if the person is in the incubation period or doesn't have a fever. They aren't going to stop travel from affected areas any time soon. The only reason I could see that happening is if millions were infected and by then it would probably have spread everywhere anyway. If you really are worried, all you can do is take extra precautions with your own hygiene. Wash your hands more frequently and try to avoid touching your face before you have washed them when out in public.

Oh I agree that the chances are low that the sailors were infected but the point I am trying to make is that there is still a chance however small that they could have been , and this ship should never have been let on to our docks until they have contained the outbreak, 3 weeks is a dangerous incubation period for anyone to be taking chances with.

Ship from Sierra Leone docked in Dublin last week, 26 crew cleared.

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