CORONAVIRUS AND CREW RESTRICTIONS; WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND

Source: BIMCO Originally published on: 23/03/2020

Crew unable to disembark, service engineers unable to maintain essential equipment and classification societies unable to do scheduled ship surveys. This is the new reality for many, as several port authorities and port state authorities are imposing restrictions on mobility due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Since January, BIMCO has been tracking these restriction and is offering an updated overview of how this is  impacting scheduled operations.

Initially, restrictions targeted Chinese citizens without considering whether they had spent several months on board prior to the outbreak. When the Coronavirus started local circulation outside China, restrictions gradually changed to include new clusters. Full article here