Taking into account the significant impacts to the shipping industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing effects of the crisis, Tokyo MOU adopted the interim guidance relating to COVID-19 circumstances, in accordance with the decision of the Port State Control Committee at 31stmeeting (virtual)for protecting PSCOs and preventing spread of the COVID-19 and for facilitating port State Authorities to apply pragmatic flexibilityas requiredin a harmonized manner under the difficult situation.
The guidance is developed with taking advantage of the one of the Paris MoU and making references to the relevant IMO Circular Letters and ILO's “Information note on maritimelabour issues and coronavirus (COVID-19)”. The guidance is consisting of three parts:
Preventive measure to halt the spread of COVID-19
Section refers to personal protective equipment (PPE) for protecting both PSCOs and ship crew.
Ship certification issues and COVID-19
Section corresponds to application of pragmatic approach/relaxation forissues on interval of surveys and audits, duration of certificates and installation of BWM equipment.
Crew related issues and COVID-19
Section deals with the harmonized approach to the issues of crew change (MLC 2006) and STCW certification.
Given consideration of the third video meeting of IMO withregional PSC regimes on harmonized actions at the time of pandemic of COVID-19, Tokyo MOU PSC Committee decided to publishthe guidance on the websiteso as to inform the industry and other stakeholdersof measures taken by Tokyo MOU.
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Source: Tokyo MOU
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