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This cargo ship's captain died aboard. The crew was stuck at sea for weeks, with a potential Covid outbreak on its hands
By Teele Rebane and Livia Borghese, CNN
Updated 1216 GMT (2016 HKT) June 20, 2021
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"Seafarers are used to having to do lots of jobs on top of their day job. But during the pandemic the number of jobs is growing. For example, seafarers are being asked to perform remote inspections now because the flag states say they cannot safely board an independent inspector, and this is on top of seafarers' six- or seven-day weeks.
"Unsafe manning levels are where you cannot perform all your expected duties -- where you are torn between caring for a crewmate and watching the bridge and completing a remote inspection on the vessel's safety. It's too much and there will be poorer medical outcomes on board," said Barcellona.
Capurro self-medicated with paracetamol and even found some oxygen aboard, his family said.
Realizing his health was deteriorating, Capurro's wife, Mollard, says she reached out to the ship's owner, Italia Marittima -- a division of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corporation. Evergreen Marine also owns Ever Given, the container ship that famously became trapped in the Suez Canal in March.
Mollard demanded medical care and -- if necessary -- to disembark the captain for treatment at the nearest hospital. Her request was refused, she said.
On April 11, Capurro took a rapid Covid test that came out negative, according to Mollard. Unconvinced by the result, she again called the ship's operator -- this time insisting her husband should be disembarked. But her plea went unanswered.
A day later, Capurro called his 38-year-old son, also named Angelo. Breathless and panting, he said: "I called you because your mother told me that you are very worried," his son recalled. Angelo Capurro lied, not wanting to cause his father any more stress. "Don't worry. I'm not worried, Dad. I trust you," he said.
The next morning, Capurro died....
This cargo ship's captain died aboard. The crew was stuck at sea for weeks, with a potential Covid outbreak on its hands
By Teele Rebane and Livia Borghese, CNN
Updated 1216 GMT (2016 HKT) June 20, 2021
...
"Seafarers are used to having to do lots of jobs on top of their day job. But during the pandemic the number of jobs is growing. For example, seafarers are being asked to perform remote inspections now because the flag states say they cannot safely board an independent inspector, and this is on top of seafarers' six- or seven-day weeks.
"Unsafe manning levels are where you cannot perform all your expected duties -- where you are torn between caring for a crewmate and watching the bridge and completing a remote inspection on the vessel's safety. It's too much and there will be poorer medical outcomes on board," said Barcellona.
Capurro self-medicated with paracetamol and even found some oxygen aboard, his family said.
Realizing his health was deteriorating, Capurro's wife, Mollard, says she reached out to the ship's owner, Italia Marittima -- a division of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corporation. Evergreen Marine also owns Ever Given, the container ship that famously became trapped in the Suez Canal in March.
Mollard demanded medical care and -- if necessary -- to disembark the captain for treatment at the nearest hospital. Her request was refused, she said.
On April 11, Capurro took a rapid Covid test that came out negative, according to Mollard. Unconvinced by the result, she again called the ship's operator -- this time insisting her husband should be disembarked. But her plea went unanswered.
A day later, Capurro called his 38-year-old son, also named Angelo. Breathless and panting, he said: "I called you because your mother told me that you are very worried," his son recalled. Angelo Capurro lied, not wanting to cause his father any more stress. "Don't worry. I'm not worried, Dad. I trust you," he said.
The next morning, Capurro died....