“A Practical Guide to COVID-19 Prevention and Control for Maritime Pilots and Seafarers” Officially Launched Online

During the current special period of fighting against COVID-19, “A Practical Guide to COVID-19 Prevention and Control for Maritime Pilots and Seafarers”, jointly organized and compiled by China Institute of Navigation (CIN) and China Maritime Pilots’ Association, was officially launched today. The online downloading channel was opened for readers, so as to provide assistance for the resumption of work and production. The Guide also provides scientific and technological support for winning the battle of epidemic prevention and control.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, CIN has always been regarding the epidemic prevention and control as the most urgent and important political task, taking practical action to fulfill its responsibility for popularizing relevant knowledge and carrying forward positive energy of fighting against the epidemic. He Jianzhong, president of CIN, gave strong support to the compilation of the guide and prefaced it in person.

“A Practical Guide to COVID-19 Prevention and Control for Maritime Pilots and Seafarers” is composed of five chapters, including a simple introduction to COVID-19, epidemic prevention and control in shipping, epidemic prevention and control in piloting, commonly used epidemic prevention sentences and current epidemic situation. The content covers the explanation for COVID-19 and protection requirements of the national authorities, professional English words and phrases of protection knowledge for ships sailing on sea or stopping at ports during the epidemic. It is a targeted, readable, practical and guiding document, aiming to provide convenience for the epidemic prevention and control and English communication among front-line ocean-going seafarers and pilots, improve the safety and efficiency of ship operation, and promote the stable and sustainable development of global maritime transportation.

We should make concerted efforts! We firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, shipping workers all over the country will work together and take scientific and rigorous measures of prevention and control to ensure the healthy development of ship transportation and port pilotage, and make positive contributions to the fight against epidemics, social stability and even global shipping.