The investigation of the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on seafarers

ABSTRACT

The global crisis, which has spread to the world due to the ‘Covid-19’ pandemic, has affected every area of life, from health to production, from trade to lifestyle, and from education to socialisation. International measures are taken within the scope of combating the global pandemic negatively influenced trade. Considering that 80% of global trade is maintained through maritime transportation, the importance of continuing the safe operation of merchant ships becomes apparent. This study aimed to identify the problems experienced by seamen during the pandemic process and offer solutions to these problems. In this context, semi-structured interviews were conducted with seafarers actively working on the ship. The data obtained from the interview were coded in the Nvivo 10 program, made meaningful and evaluated. The results of this study show that the Covid-19 pandemic has a significant impact on seafarers.

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Mehmet Kaptan

Mehmet Kaptan is a assistant professor in maritime transportation and management engineering department at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University. He gained his PhD from maritime transportation and management engineering at Karadeniz Technical University. His current research interests include Maritime Transportation, Marine Accident and Risk Analysis. The author has articles in journals included in SCI, SSCI and field indexes, and publications in national / international refereed congresses and symposiums. In addition, the Author has the ocean-going master certificate.

Binnur Olgun Kaptan

Binnur Olgun Kaptan was born in Trabzon in 1984. She graduated from the Department of English language and literature, Karadeniz Technical University in 2007. After graduation, she started to work as an EFL instructor at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in 2008. Presently, she has been working in School of Foreign Languages, RTEU for over 12 years. She completed her MA degree in Applied Linguistics at Karadeniz Technical University in 2019. She is now studying in the department of English culture and literature at Atılım University. She is married and lives in Rize.