Seafarers’ green lane opened

06 Jul 2020 / Philippines

The Philippines has opened the first ‘green lane’ for seafarers in Asia to allow free movement of seafarers and personnel across borders.

The Joint Circular creating the ‘green lane’ covers seafarers, licensed manning agencies, shipping companies, airlines and other entities involved in facilitating the travel of seafarers for purposes of crew change and repatriation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It sets the minimum standards and process flows for each applicable scenario that all stakeholders should follow to facilitate the speedy and safe conduct of crew change or repatriation. It also aims to complement the existing standard health and safety protocols.

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