North P&I Club shares COVID-19 tracker

Global marine insurer North P&I Club has developed a new COVID-19 tracking tool. North has made the tool available as a shared resource to the International Group of P&I Clubs. The tool was first released by North in February. It details the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak and the response measures that have been introduced in a single digital dashboard, including country- and port-specific advice for shipowners, charterers, operators and others, North said. The tool utilizes information provided by IG club correspondents across the globe, as well as the International Maritime Organization and the World Health Organization. The tool also uses data from Wilhelmsen Ship Management and ship agency company GAC. The dashboard includes a continuously updated map of the outbreak’s spread from Johns Hopkins University.