COVID-19 Documents

Letters lobbying governments to address the Covid-19 related crew change crisis.
- [10/08/2020] The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- [10/08/2020] Dr Angela Merkel, The Chancellor of Germany, President of the Council of the European Union
- [10/08/2020] Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
- [10/08/2020] Mr Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain
- [30/07/2020] Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece
- [23/07/2020] Mr Giuseppe CONTE, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
- [21/07/2020] Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- [21/07/2020] Mme Sophie Wilmès, Prime Minister of Belgium
[14/07/2020] IMHA – Guidance for Getting healthy seafarers to a ship: Mitigating the risk with quarantine and testing– Click Here
[06/07/2020] Shipping industry writes to key EU leaders asking for visa waivers for seafarers:
- Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- Mr David Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament
- Charles Michel President of the of the European Council
- Angela Merkel, President of the Council of the European Union Chancellor of Germany
[21/06/2020] IBF Joint Statement on ITF’s “Enough is enough” campaign – Click Here
[16/06/2020] Intertanko Outbreak management plan – Click Here
[28/05/2020] Intertanko – Covid-19 Tanker Recovery Management Plan – Click Here
[28/05/2020] ICS – Updated guidance for operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Click Here
[26/05/2020] IMO ICAO ILO – Joint Statement on crew changes in COVID-19 Pandemic – Click Here
[13/05/2020] IBF Joint Statement – Recommended Framework of Protocols – Click Here
[06/05/2020] IMO – Recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic – Click Here
[06/05/2020] ICS COVID-19 Guidelines for Ship-Shore Interfaces – Click Here
[21/04/2020] North Of England P&I Club – COVID19 Information Sheet for Seafarers – Click Here
[21/04/2020] Covid-19 Crew Movement Facilitation letter – Click Here for cover letter/ Click Here for template
[17/04/2020] ICS & IATA – Governments Must Facilitate Ship Crew Changes – Click Here
[14/04/2020] European Commission – Guidelines on protection of health, repatriation and travel arrangements for seafarers, passengers and other persons on board ships – Click Here
[14/04/2020] ILO – Information note on maritime labour issues and Covid-19 – Click Here
[14/04/2020] IMO – Recommendations on the facilitation of maritime trade during the Covid-19 pandemic – Click Here
[09/04/2020] IBF – Joint Press Statement on employment of seafarers during the Covid-19 Pandemic – Click Here
[08/04/2020] IBF – Extension of grace period for contract extensions – Click Here
[07/04/2020] Joint message to G20 Leaders and Ministers on Crew Changes – Click Here
[27/03/2020] ICS & IAPH – Keeping Trade Moving Throughout the Covid-19 Crisis – Click Here
[27/03/2020] Open letter to UN agencies from global maritime transport industry and seafarers – Click Here
[23/03/2020] IMEC Crew Changes survey results – Click Here
[19/03/2020] ECSA-ETF – High level letter to the European Council – Click Here