By MasOceans, Shipping updates

Foreign crew change is still prohibited in China

Foreign crew change is still prohibited in most Chinese ports, though permitted at Tianjin port. Find out about this and other information on shipping in China during COVID, in this week’s report (week 28) Highlights include: Chinese companies to supply 110M COVID-19 vaccines immediately to the COVAX project – ensuring vaccines reach everyone. Additional reports are listed below, including quarantine requirements in China’s main ports. All data comes directly from our agent in China, Ocean Favor – the biggest non-state-owned shipping agency in China.

Here’s a quick preview of some of the newest information on shipping in China during COVID:

Foreign crew change permitted at Tianjin port

  • Foreign crew changes are still prohibited in most China ports, as the entry ban for foreigners announced by Foreign Ministry remains valid for the time being.
  • Luckily, the resumption of foreign crew change at Tianjin port is on trial since the beginning of November 2020 as granted by local authorities, though the processes are extremely stringent and complicated, there have been only a few successful cases achieved by the end of the day which were mainly on an emergency basis, e.g. crew’s medical care or repatriation due to particular reasons.

 

Port congestion – the latest average waiting times per port

 

Updated port operations, including quarantine information

    • See the latest updates on quarantine, spare parts and crew changes in our per port report.

 

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