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Commentary: Flags of inconvenience causing problems for crew members

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On a tonnage basis about 70% of U.S. exports and imports travel by ocean vessel. Volume-wise it is the most important mode of international trade. When merchandise trade is focused on Canada and Mexico, as members of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the motor carrier sector dominates in U.S. export flows. Since March 21, 2020 border crossings...

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Hong Kong facilitates changeover of maritime crew

Pictured: an iconic type of boat in Hong Kong Harbour; credit Tee2Tee from Pixabay

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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 Kong.

There are, as may be expected, a variety of exemption conditions with which crew must strictly comply.

Firstly, incoming crew members should only aim to arrive in Hong Kong when...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/cargo-crew-exempt-from-compulsory-quarantine-in-hong-kong/

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

On this page you will find Federal and State Restrictions in regards to Covid-19. You will also find a link to policies from international bodies such as the International Maritime Organization.

Important: please read the Federal Restrictions first and then read whichever set of State or Territory Restrictions that you are interested in as if they were one set of rules. It is meaningless to read either the Federal or the State/Territory rules in isolation from the other. So, if you are...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/covid-19-shipping-restrictions-and-requirements-for-australian-ports/

Victoria eases restrictions on crew changes

Pictured: the Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), which is the official Marine State Emblem of Victoria. GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. Credit Richard Ling.

Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) yesterday (18 June 2020) issued comprehensive guidance allowing seafarers to be exempt from going into a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

Like rules issued by the other States and Territories, Victoria’s rules follow a familiar pattern: there is a general rule (in...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/victoria-eases-restrictions-on-crew-changes/

Northern Territory allows international crew changes

Pictured: the flag of the Northern Territory; Graphic: Clker Free Vector Images from Pixabay

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 Northern Territory follow a now familiar format: there is a broad sweeping rule or restriction and that is followed by a broad exemption for certain classes of people...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/northern-territory-allows-international-crew-changes/

Queensland eases border restrictions for international seafarers

Pictured: concept of a seafarer wearing a surgical mask. Photo montage credits: Jim Wilson, OlafPictures, Pisauikan, Pixabay

Crew changes for both on-signing and off-signing ship crews are now possible in Queensland following the entry into force of a new class exemption for non-cruise maritime crew.

New border rules supersede all previous directions. The new rules continue to ban anyone from overseas or from within Australia entering Queensland. But the rules now also give a “class exemption for...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/queensland-eases-border-restrictions-for-international-seafarers/

Western Australia’s travel restrictions amended to allow vital ship crew changes

WA Police have amended their Quarantine Directions that accidentally prevented maritime crew from joining ships; Credit EurovisionNim – Creative Commons ShareAlike v 4

Western Australia’s Police Commissioner has amended his Self-Quarantine Directions, issued last week, to allow shipping companies to change crews in the State.

On-signing and off-signing ship crews now fall within the category of “essential service” workers, which are exempt from the emergency Self-Quarantine Directions. They...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/western-australias-travel-restrictions-amended-to-allow-vital-ship-crew-changes/

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