The Port of Singapore continues to be open for freight procedures as well as aquatic solutions, consisting of bunkering, ship materials, as well as shipyard repair services, in order to keep business by sea as well as not interfere with worldwide supply chains.
Since the start of COVID-19, Singapore has as well as continues to be fully commited to guaranteeing the smooth procedures of our port. We have actually made sure that procedures can run efficiently as well as effectively while embracing lots of preventive procedures consisting of thermal testing, sanitation of ships as well as risk-free distancing.
To secure seafarers, we have actually likewise established treatments to quarantine ships, as well as deal with believed as well as validated situations * of COVID-19.
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With a current increased threat of imported situations, Singapore presented a slate of procedures on short-term site visitors getting in or transiting inSingapore We will certainly require to put on hold team modification for the time being.
MPA identifies that seafarers play a vital function in worldwide seaborne profession. We have actually functioned very closely with global companies, delivering organizations, as well as unions for many years to deal with the requirements as well as well-being of both neighborhood as well as international seafarers. We likewise listen to the comments from our unions as well as the market. We recognize that there would certainly be unique conditions where team will certainly require to get off or get started the ship, such as:
- the team has actually offered his/her optimal time aboard as well as no more expansion of the employment agreement is approved by the flag State; or
- thoughtful premises e.g. fatality of a member of the family; or
- the team is no more clinically fit to function onboard the ship.
Under such unique conditions, freight ships might send their demands to MPA for factor to consider:
- Supporting docudrama proof, e.g. team’s write-ups of contract, medical professional’s accreditation that team is no more able to offer aboard the ship;
- Travel travel plan;
- Fit- to-travel certification; as well as
- Assurance that the finalizing onand/or the finalizing off team have to be well for the last fourteen (14) days prior to signing up with or leaving the ship as well as has actually not touched with a well-known or suspicious instance of COVID-19 in those14 days.
Shipowner/ representatives are suggested to prepare as well as put on MPA
*In Feb 2020, a staff participant functioning onboard a freight ship was detected to have the COVID-19 infection. Maritime as well as Port Authority of Singapore, National Environment Agency’s Port Health as well as Ministry of Health collaborated to deal with the team as well as the continuing to be team were quarantined onboard the ship for 2 week. The ship was cleansed as well as sanitized.
Reference: mpa.gov.sg
