Source: BIMCO
Original Date Posted: 5/20/2020
In the wake of COVID-19 have the BIMCO secretariat recieved a number of reports and circulars with imposed restrictions intended to keep the virus at bay. These restrictions have proven to disturb crew mobility. In this page, we'll guide our members on the ship/shore interface restriction regimes BIMCO is aware of. Since the first reports of restrictions associated with COVID-19 were received by the BIMCO secretariat, a clear picture slowly emerged: The preventive measures would prove a significant disturbance to all crewing operations, such as: If the crew are unable to disembark the ship due to recent port calls, they must stay on board. If the replacing crew is unable to enter the country for scheduled crew change due to their country of origin, some crew will have to remain on board on mutually agreed extended contracts If service engineers are unable to access the ship, they cannot perform their specialised maintenance which could jeopardise the proper function of the ship´s equipment Initially, the restrictions mainly targeted Chinese citizens without even considering whether they had spent several months on board prior to the outbreak. When COVID-19 started local circulation in other countries than China, the restriction regimes gradually changed to include new clusters.
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