Coronavirus

Coronavirus Hazard Puts the Clock Back on Charterparty Obligations

  • As Coronavirus scare escalates shipping urgently takes note of charterparty clauses.
  • Quaranties delays and deviations have severe implications and need to be taken care of.
  • off-hire and other such common wordings for regarding quarantine delay charter party clauses are crucial
  • NOR and free pratique issues while traveling infected areas is needed
  • Safe port warranty in case of unsafe port areas, port closure, etc. should be taken into account
  • Force majeure for uncontrolled extraordinary...

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[Watch] China Builds New Hospital As Coronavirus Spreads To Europe

Medical staff wearing protective suits at the Zhongnan hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province
  • Chinese new year celebrations hampered as china in lockdown due to Coronavirus scare.
  • Number cases rise 20times in the last 2 weeks accelerating the death toll
  • The virus spreads to Europe as France report cases.
  • 63 patients under observation in the US
  • China building a new hospital to counter the epidemic
  • Cruises are banned in China amidst panic and scanning spree at ports
  • Pharmacies in Wuhan are running out of supplies
  • WHO says it is too early to declare a global public health emergency as...

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Coronavirus Casualty Rises To 81 As WHO Chief Visits China

GP: Coronavirus: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam News Conference As Coronavirus Deaths Surge in China
  • Coronavirus outbreak worsens in China as the WHO chief sis slated to visit.
  • The Chinese Premier visits the infected city Wuhan as death toll rises to 81
  • China extends the new year holiday week to February to contain disease spread.
  • Top Chinese Health Official says that the virus spreads before showing symptoms.
  • Debates on incubation period continues as WHO estimate says 10 days in the incubation period
  • WHO seeks more data before declaring this a global health emergency.
  • CDC closely following...

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Luxury Liner Passengers Quarantined for Coronavirus Screening!

Nearly 5,000 cruise passengers and 1,249 crew were screened for Coronavirus and 148 were isolated for stricter screening, reports Maritime Bulletin.

Cruise ship passengers examined

Cruise ship COSTA VENEZIA, after a 6-day cruise to Vietnam reached Shenzhen port, southeastern China near Hong Kong, on Jan 26. 

On arrival, the cruise ship was boarded by a medical team. All 4973 passengers and 1249 crew were checked by medics for symptoms of fever and pneumonia. 4 were found to have high temperature. 

I...

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Market decline is a symptom of coronavirus disease

Global trade markets are tense in the face of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) which has spread through parts of China and is hitting transport and trade networks.

Investors are nervous as they wait to see if the virus can be contained or whether the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an international health emergency.

Russ Mould, investment director at the stockbroker AJ Bell, was quoted in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, saying, “The market is back in panic mode about China’s coronavirus. An...

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Health Authorities on Alert!

World’s Port Authorities are on the lookout for Coronavirus cases, reports the Maritime Executive.

Coronavirus outbreak

The new coronavirus outbreak originating in Wuhan, China has implications for seafarers, according to the U.S. Maritime Administration.

The novel and deadly strain of the virus has put health authorities on alert around the world, and MARAD reports that port officials are also aware of the issue and on the lookout for mariners who may be affected.

“This is a rapidly changing...

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Coronavirus suspends new Wuhan-Yokohama container service

The outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan has halted a fledgling container shipping service between the city and Japan.

On 23 January 2020, the Chinese government announced a lockdown of Wuhan as it raced to contain the outbreak. This means that transport services to and from Wuhan are near-impossible.

AIS data shows that the 560TEU Hua Hang Han Ya 1, which was deployed on a service between Wuhan and Yokohama, Japan, has been anchored along the Yangtze River outside of Wuhan.

Hua Hang Han Ya 1,...

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MPA takes measures against coronavirus

The Government of Singapore is taking measures to protect the country against the novel coronavirus pneumonia development. As part of these actions, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has implemented temperature screening at all sea checkpoints.

The specific checkpoints will be at ferry and cruise terminals, PSA Terminals and Jurong Port, for inbound travellers from 24 January 2020, 12:00 hours onwards, said the MPA.

Travellers and ship crew arriving at sea checkpoints will...

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