Vessel Measures on COVID-19

Vessel Measures on COVID-19

Vessels are the primary factors for maintenance of the maritime transport. In addition to the hygienic measures to be taken on the vessels, the Circulars' published by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, General Directorate of Maritime Affairs states what kind of measures will be taken for Turkish and Foreign Flagged Vessels and what kind of changes will be made in practice.

Certain amendments were made in relation to the preliminary surveys of the Vessels:

• 24 hour time limit to issue notifications from the Port Single Window System to be increased to 48 hours prior to the entry of the vessel to the port in relation to daily activities of the vessel for the previous 14 days, the lists of the seafarers, the lists including the profile of the passengers, the lists of the cargo including the profile on the type and origin of the cargo
• To intensify free2 and clean3 pratique procedures
• Any extension request for certification and survey for ships and companies will be granted up to 3 months after the review of General Directorate of Maritime.
• Pre-survey inspections to the Turkish Flagged vessels to be performed in two-months and four-months periods (instead of monthly and quarterly periods)
• The extension of the vessel's pre-survey period up to 6 months in case of the vessel visits the ports of prohibited countries within 14 days or having a crew member or a passenger that joined the vessel from these countries.It should be underlined here that the profiles of passengers and seafarers on board and the proximity of the vessel's trading area to the prohibited countries are as important as the condition of the vessel.

In addition to the issues described above, the posters demonstrating the preventive measures to deal with the current Covid-19 outbreak, as exemplified below, must be hung in visible places on the vessel.

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