{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-036","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Coast Guard; nationwide","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate","authority":"46 C.F.R. 10.301 et seq.","instrument":"MSIB 07-21","title":"COVID-19: Spotlight on the Mental Health of Mariners","dateIssued":"2021-05-19","effective":"2021-05-19","end":"not applicable (informational)","startDate":"2021-05-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["mariners","marine employers","medical examiners"],"clause":"The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have significant impacts on the U.S. Marine Transportation System, the Global shipping industry and on mariners themselves. The risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 infection and the prolonged nature of the pandemic have compounded existing stressors and created new stressors on maritime personnel, including feelings of isolation, and physical and mental fatigue caused by pandemic-related restrictions on crew changes, shore leave, and repatriation of seafarers.","enforcement":"None (informational); medical certification standards unchanged","functions":["WF mariner fitness and availability","HR medical certification"],"notes":"Agency finding, in May 2021, that \u0027pandemic-related restrictions on crew changes, shore leave, and repatriation\u0027 continued to operate on the workforce. Context exhibit.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/MSIB/2021/MSIB_07-21_mariner_mental_health.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":147932,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-036","citation":"Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate, MSIB 07-21 (May 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-036)","stateName":"","related":[]}