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Germany, FR of, Kiel - Canal - Crew Issues

27 February 2018

Immigration/visa requirements according to Schengen Regulations for the crew onboard vessels calling at the port. Crew change is possible in the port/terminal/anchorage. No restrictions on crew shore leave. Honorary Consulates of several countries available, but no embassies in theport/city

IMO publishes framework of protocols for safe crew changes

07 May 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic to all IMO member-states, the UN and other stakeholders.

Transparency and dialogue between owners and charterers key to crew change challenge

20 January 2021

World trade has to flow - we get that. Charterers have contractual obligations under short term spot charters that sometimes leave little room for delays - we get that too. Owners are responsible for managing and relieving their crews - that's not in doubt either. But what we don't accept is that a minority of charterers may simply be looking the other way when they are presented with a ship that also happens to be in need of a crew change. We don't expect charterers to foot the bill and we recognise that hiring ships is a matter of commercial negotiation - but we see no reason why charterers and owners should not have an open and honest dialogue to try to find a solution for much needed crew changes.

BIMCO’s Wayne Zhuang examines the crew change crisis two years on

05 April 2022

Owners, managers, and not least the seafarers, are still suffering with COVID-19 challenges of crew change as different nations adopt different policies. Why is it lasting so long? Use of the “Crew change and deviation clause” far outweighs the “no crew change” clause. BIMCO’s regional manager in Asia, Wayne Zhuang, examines some of the challenges surrounding crew change during the pandemic and as the war in Ukraine adds new challenges to existing problems for owners, managers, and our seafarers.

BIMCO publishes COVID-19 crew change clause

25 June 2020

BIMCO has produced a COVID-19 Crew Change Clause for Time Charter Parties in response to the extraordinary circumstances faced by many owners whose crew have had to remain on board during the COVID-19 “lockdown” for periods often extending beyond their contracts of employment.