COVID-19 impacts global shipping industry, many countries implement port control measures

Reported by Luke 2020-3-24

At present, COVID-19 has spread globally. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 constitutes an “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC), the prevention and control measures adopted by various countries have continued to upgrade. Ship prevention and control measures are particularly obvious. As of March 20, 43 countries worldwide have entered a state of emergency in response to COVID-19.

Port of Kolkata, India: 14-day quarantine required

All vessels calling at the last stop were China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, France, Spain, Germany, UAE, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, and they must undergo a 14-day quarantine (counting from the last port of call) Before you can call at Kolkata for work. This directive is valid until March 31, 2020, and will be reviewed later.

India’s PARADIP and MUMBAI: foreign ships must be quarantined for 14 days before they are allowed to enter the port

Argentina: All terminals will cease operations at 8:00 p.m. tonight

Spain’s Canary Islands and Balearic Islands closed due to outbreak

Vietnam Cambodia closes ports to each other

France: “Seal” into “Wartime State”

Laos temporarily closed local ports and traditional ports nationwide, and suspended the issuance of visas, including electronic visas and tourist visas, for 30 days.r

So far, at least 41 countries around the world have entered a state of emergency.

Countries that have declared a state of emergency include:

Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Austria, Romania, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Switzerland, Armenia, Moldova, Lebanon, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Philippines, The Republic of El Salvador, Costarica, Ecuador, United States, Argentina, Poland, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Australia, Sudan, Namibia, South Africa, Libya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland.