UAE

Source: UAE - The Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime (FTA) as the competent maritime administration in the United Arab Emirates, and in light of the precautionary measures taken by the FTA to prevent an outbreak of the Corona Virus (COVID-19), and in accordance to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for seafarers 1978, as amended

Source: UAE - "The FTA has decided on lifting the ship's crew change restrictions gradually, and in the first stage under special circumstances the priorities will be given to :

1-Seafarers with resident visa who are stuck on board their ships.

2- Crews of passenger ships currently laid up  in UAE.

Action taken against two operations accused of abandoning Indian seafarers.

United Arab Emirates based classification society Tasneef hopes to become a member of the Interational Association of Classification Societies (IACS) in a step toward developing the UAE as a maritime hub.

TradeWinds reports:

The United Arab Emirates classification society Tasneef, formed this past January, has signed its first vessel.

Merlin Corporate Communications reports:

The United Arab Emirates has formed a classification society it hopes will become a mainstay in the Middle East market.