Seafarers flying from Singapore to China to take more tests
BIMCO informs that all passengers including crew members have to take specific COVID-19 tests prior to boarding a flight from Singapore to China.
Read moreBIMCO informs that all passengers including crew members have to take specific COVID-19 tests prior to boarding a flight from Singapore to China.
Read moreShanghai government recently issued a Notice allowing change and disembarkation of foreign seafarers under certain conditions, including measures of treatment for ill/injured seafarers and Chinese crew change.
Read more29 Filipino seafarers have tested positive for COVID-19, after arriving in China to board their ships, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
Read moreThe US blacklisted two Chinese men and six Chinese entities for dealing with Iranian shipping company Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and, in some cases, helping it to evade US sanctions.
Read moreChina-based BWMS manufacturer Elite Marine has received a USCG Type Approval for their Seascape BWMS. The system shall be installed and operated in accordance with the Elite Marine Seascape Operation, Maintenance and Safety manual (OMSM) 21-3-2, Rev. 10, dated 7 October 2020.
Read moreChina has suspended purchases of Australian coal, with ports having instructions not to offload the commodity. These measures are part of the political relations with Canberra, which made Beijing tightly control imports of the fuel.
Read moreIn light of the crew change crisis that COVID-19 has brought, BIMCO's offices in Shanghai announced that China opens up 10 ports for foreign crew change operations.
Read moreIn light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption that has caused within the shipping industry, Chinese ports experience substantial delays to vessels carrying imported coal to China, in particular coal loaded in Australia.
Read moreUK P&I Club informed that China has tightened procedures relating to coronavirus tests at its ports facilities, in an effort to control the spread of the pandemic.
Read moreThe Cambodian government has demolished a U.S.-built facility at the country’s Ream Naval Base, according to satellite imagery collected by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on October 1.
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