Curfew & crew changes update

29 May 2020 / Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan curfew will be in force island-wide on Sunday 31 May. It will effective in all districts, only between 10pm and 4am daily, from Monday 1 June to Wednesday 3 June.

Thereafter, the curfew will be in force island-wide on Thursday 4 June and Friday 5 June. From Saturday 6 June onwards, it will be effective in all the districts, as before, from 10pm to 4am daily until further notice.

As the COVID-19 pandemic is currently being well controlled in Sri Lanka, a positive response from authorities on foreign crew changes is expected soon. In the meantime, bulk crew change of foreign seafarers is permitted using charter flights, subject to approval from authorities.

For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Sri Lanka, contact GAC Sri Lanka at [email protected]

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