The Port of Fujairah has joined Singapore in blocking crew changes for seafarers who have travelled from India after a dramatic increase in the country's Covid-19 infections.
The move is a major setback in attempts to alleviate the crew crisis, which is preventing about 200,000 seafarers from returning home due to travel and quarantine restrictions.
Ship agency GAC, in its advisory Hot Port News, said: “Fujairah immigration has verbally advised us that with immediate effect, if a vessel’s last port of call is India, signing-off crew are...
