# COVID - 19 , Maersk suspending all crew changes for 4 weeks

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**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/covid-19-maersk-suspending-all-crew-changes-for-4-weeks/54620 "2020-03-18T12:02:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeckApe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deckape/32/1271_2.png) [@DeckApe](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeckApe)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/covid-19-maersk-suspending-all-crew-changes-for-4-weeks/54620/18 "2020-04-09T17:12:18Z")

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> [@COVID-19 and Seafarer's Crew Change](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/covid-19-and-seafarers-crew-change/55012/6):
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> But maybe fellow seafarers on this forum have some compassion for those who are either stranded on board ships, or refused entry to many countries so they can get to their ships to relieve their colleagues

I work for Military Sealift Command. The five thousand or so of us are used to being relieved several weeks to months past our relief dates. Heck, many of us don’t even talk about ‘relief dates’ anymore. We’ll say ‘a month till I’m overdue’.

Compassion? Hah! Welcome to our world, pussies!

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