IMO backs protocols to facilitate crew changes

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

The protocols also received the support of the two largest Flag States, Liberia and Panama. Photo: IMO

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