Crew changes regulations update

03 Jun 2021 / China

At Nantong, PCR tests will be arranged before arrival for all crew members of vessels that have called at ports in Russia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and Mongolia in the 21 days before arrival.

Within 21 days of arrival, local customs will arrange PCR tests after berthing for crew members signing-on from Russia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Mongolia and Philippines.

At Shanghai, PCR tests will be arranged after berthing for all crew members of vessels that have called at ports in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia in the 21 days before arrival.

Within 21 days of arrival, local customs will arrange PCR test for signing-on crew members from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia after berthing.

At Wenzhou, vessels that have called at Indian ports or have Indian crew on-signing within 21 days before arrival, need to report to customswho will decide if PCR testing necessary.

At Fujian LNG,customs quarantine officers will make PCR test on board after vessel berthing at terminal for all crews on these vessels call at Putian port from India or Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and other countries that border or are close to India. Only after the PCR test results come out to be all negative in the next working day can vessel proceed to loading or discharging cargo. If vessels have called at India or Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and other countries that border or are close to India in the past or crews visited India or Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and other countries that border or are close to India in the past, customs quarantine officers will analyse the situation then make further decision.
If ship or crews called at or visited India or Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and other countries that border or are close to India in the past within 28 days, the same must be reported to immigration.

At Jiangsu LNG, Qidong LNG & Zhoushan LNG, local customs will arrange PCR test after berthing for all crew members of vessels that have called at ports in Russia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and Mongolia below ports within 21 days before arrival.

Within 21 days of arrival, local customs will arrange PCR tests after berthing for signing-on crew members from Russia, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Mongolia and Philippines.

At Shenzhen, if a vessel/crew has been to India or has new on-signers of Indian nationality in less than 28 days, PCR test is mandatory for all crew on arrival. Cargo operations proceed subject to customs judgement after physical inspection on board. Laos/Cambodia/Mongolia/Thailand/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Bhutan/Myanmar are high risk pandemic area which customs will be particularly concerned.

At Behai, if vessel/crew has been to India or new on-signers of Indian nationality in less than 28 days, PCR test is mandatory for all crew on arrival. Cargo operations proceed subject to customs judgement after physical inspection on board.

At Zhuhai (Oil & LNG terminals), PCR Test to be discussed on a case-by-case. To strengthen COVID-19 prevention control, the below precautions are currently in place:

  • Pilot will only work on berthing/unberthing for 10 vessels each day. The berthing sequence is made on the basis of vessel's ETA, first come, first berth. If vessel is not in the chosen list, her berthing schedule will be postponed to the next day.
  • Pilot daily working hours will be limited within the period of 0700lt to 1900lt.
  • Pilots will be separated into 3 gangs for berthing/unberthing operations. Each gang has 3 Pilots to work for one week, then will be quarantined for 14 days after work shift.
  • Duty Pilot will conduct COVID-19 test every day, when the operation of berthing/unberthing will not be available for about 2 hours.

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