Monthly archive

April 2020

IMO Secretary-General seeks UN support over "keyworker" designation for seafarers

Source: IMO - IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has asked the United Nations system agencies to support IMO in its request to governments to declare seafarers, port personnel and other crucial maritime workers as key personnel. Mr. Lim made the plea during a virtual meeting (1 April) with other UN chiefs and the UN Secretary-General.

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MSIB: Novel Coronovirus – Mariner Credentials – Update (Change 1)

Source: USCG Maritime Commons blog -

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IMO urges key worker exemptions for crew changes and repatriations

Source: IMO - Briefing: 09 01/04/2020 Professional seafarers and marine personnel should be granted any necessary and appropriate exemptions from national travel or movement restrictions to allow them to join or leave ships, and governments should permit professional seafarers and marine personnel to disembark ships in port and transit through their territory (i.e.

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Urgent Provisional Measures for the operation of Cyprus ships during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Source: REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS SHIPPING DEPUTY MINISTRY - In an effort to support shipping companies and owners of Cyprus ships and to enable them to address the difficulties encountered due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has put in place special arrangements for its smooth operation and the effective provision of services to its clients and collaborators

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BIMCO, ICS and other industry partners have teamed up and presented the IMO with a list of recommendations for governments and r

Source: BIMCO - BIMCO, ICS and other industry partners have teamed up and presented the IMO with a list of recommend

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BIMCO ANSWERS TOP 5 QUESTIONS ON CONTRACTS AND COVID-19

Source: BIMCO - "In this short video Grant Hunter talks to BIMCO’s head of Support & Advice, Merete Greisen, about answers they give members to the five most frequently asked questions.

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USCG - MSIB: Novel Coronovirus – Mariner Credentials

Source: USCG Maritime Commons blog - This MSIB provides guidance concerning mariner credentials and medical certificates and

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USCG - MSIB: Novel Coronovirus – Mariner Credentials

Source: USCG Maritime Commons blog - This MSIB provides guidance concerning mariner credentials and medical certificates and

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GUIDELINES ON THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEAFARERS AND SEAFARER’S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE

Source: Singapore Maritime & Port Authority

1. This Shipping Circular supersedes MPA’s Shipping Circular no 13 of 2013.

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