Testing for vessels arriving from Brazil, India & South Africa

05 May 2021 / Djibouti

The Djibouti port authorities have advised that COVID tests will be conducted for all crew on board vessels which have called at ports of Brazil, India or South Africa in the last 30 days.

If the vessel has called at any of the three countries more than 30 days ago in its last 10 ports of call, COVID test will not be required for crew members.

For other vessels, the quarantine routine will continue. Only standard free pratique will be done by quarantine staff.

(For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Djibouti, contact the GAC Dubai Hub Agency Centre at [email protected])

Source: Massida Shipping, Djibouti – GAC network agent

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