Source: Maritime New Zealand
Original Date Posted: 10/27/2020
The following information provides guidance to support New Zealand’s workers to carry out their critical functions aboard ships during the global COVID-19 pandemic. This information and guidance follows the principles of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) which sets out the duties and rights for all New Zealand employers, workers and others in relation to workplace health and safety. An overarching principle of HSWA is that workers and others need to be given the highest level of protection from workplace health and safety risks as is reasonable and practicable. It also links in the complementary requirements of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Maritime Border) Order (No 2) 2020 in relation to necessary work and the use of personal protective equipment. The objective of all parties in the ship/shore interface should be to keep everyone safe at all times, regardless of whether they are shore-based workers boarding an international ship or seafarers serving aboard the ship.