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Hong Kong facilitates changeover of maritime crew

July 15, 2020 by Shipping Australia

. Welcome news from the Centre for Health Protection Communicable Disease Branch in Hong Kong. The CHP has advised the shipping industry that crew members of goods vessels will be exempt from compulsory quarantine upon arrival in Hong … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members Tagged With: biosecurity, Coronavirus, Crew, Crew change, Crew changes, Crisis, Human biosecurity, Maritime crew, Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Seafarer, seafarers

Covid-19: Shipping requirements, restrictions, rules and policies at Australian ports

July 3, 2020 by Shipping Australia

Content on this page has been moved to this location for website administration reasons. You can access the updated information at this page. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Covid-19, Media Releases Tagged With: Australia, biosecurity, coastal shipping, Coronavirus, COVID19, Maritime crew, New South Wales, NSW, NT, ports, QLD, Queensland, SA, Shipping, Vic, WA, Western Australia

Victoria partially eases restrictions on crew changes

June 19, 2020 by Shipping Australia

Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued comprehensive guidance on 18 June allowing seafarers to be exempt from going into a mandatory 14-day quarantine in some circumstances. However, readers should note that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases Tagged With: biosecurity, Class approval, Class exemption, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, Human biosecurity, Mariners, Maritime Class Exemption, Maritime crew, Novel Coronavirus, seafarers

Northern Territory allows international crew changes

May 21, 2020 by Jim Wilson

New rules issued today will allow shipping companies to change over crews in the Northern Territory, Australia. The new directions also preserve the exemption from mandatory quarantine for seafarers. Restriction... and exemption The rules in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Covid-19, Media Releases, Members Tagged With: biosecurity, Border restrictions, Chief Health Officer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Crew change, Crew changes, Maritime crew, Northern Territory, Novel Coronavirus

Tasmania eases seafarer crew change rules

May 6, 2020 by Shipping Australia

Commercial mariners will be able to more freely enter and travel around Tasmania after new maritime class exemptions went into effect at midnight last night. Even before the new, 06 May rules, freight-related mariners could already travel into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Releases, Members Tagged With: biosecurity, COVID-19, COVID19, Crew change, Maritime Class Exemption, Maritime crew, Quarantine, SARS-CoV-2, seafarers, Tasmania

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