MEMBER ALERT Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 https://www.american-club.com American Club Member Alert – June 18, 202 4 1 JUNE 18, 2024 SIERRA LEONE: DISEMBARKING STOWAWAYS The Sierra Leone Ports and Harbors Authority (the “Authority”) now require that vessels wanting to deviate from planned voyages to disembark stowaways after leaving the territorial waters of the countries where the stowaways embarked, must be granted permission to discharge the stowaways from the Authority at the port where the vessel intends to deviate to. Furthermore, the Authority will levy a US$ 2,000 fine for each stowaway disembarked and dissuade vessels from considering Sierre Leone a jurisdiction where stowaways can be easily disembarked. Members are asked to note the foregoing. They also thank the Club’s correspondents McLeans Group—WAMS and Africa Marine Services (Europe) Ltd. f or providing the information upon which this Alert has been based.