Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Singapore Crew Change Guidebook

Source: IMO

Original Date Posted: 6/11/2020

Singapore has submitted, with a request for circulation to all Member States, the attached Singapore Crew Change Guidebook

(see also https://www.ssa.org.sg/images/ssa/pdf/SGCrew-Change-Guidebook.pdf). Recognizing the ongoing challenges that the industry is facing to effect crew change in Singapore, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) initiated the formation of the Singapore Crew Change Working Group with its tripartite partners: the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and the Singapore Maritime Officersʹ Union (SMOU), and in cooperation with the International Maritime Employersʹ Council Ltd (IMEC) and the World Shipping Council (WSC). The Working Group developed the attached Guidebook which provides guidance to the shipping community on how to effect crew change in Singapore during these extraordinary times.

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