The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the latest country to relax regulations on the changing of ships’ crews.
In a circular issued on Sunday, the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) said the restrictions would be “lifted gradually”.
Priority will be given to seafarers with a resident visa who are stuck on board their ships; crews of passengerships laid up in the UAE; crew who are no longer medically fit to work; and those with urgent medical or humanitarian cases.
