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 – August 3 1 , 20 21 1 AUGUST 31, 2021 CURRENT OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS AMID RECENT REGIONAL COVID-19 OUTBREAKS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) Your Managers have been informed that all ports in China are generally operating but due to enhanced COVID-19 pandemic control measures, some ports are congested to different extents. Terminal staff, pilots, surveyors, etc. must undergo quarantine for 14 days following the performance of relevant engagements, while the same is required for international trading vessels, especially vessels considered to have high epidemic risks on board. There is a shortage of pilots at some ports, thus vessels’ berthing and departing may be delayed. Additionally, crew shore leave is generally completely disallowed. The following information concerns vessel arrival, crew change and crew medical requirements at different ports in the PRC. Liaoning province (Dalian, Bayuquan, Jinzhou, Dandong) For Dalian, Bayuquan, Jinzhou, Dandong port, the local port operators or managers, and the customs/immigration authorities, usually require incoming vessels to declare and provide a temperature monitoring table for all crew members covering the previous 21 days prior to the vessel’s berthing, together with a health declaration form for all the crew members. Some terminals may require the vessel’s itinerary in the past 28 days, crew boarding time and location, etc., as well as a letter of declaration to confirm that no crew will disembark, or to confirm that no accompanying persons and/or illegal immigrants are on board the vessel. There is no standard declaration form required by all the ports. In other words, each port operator may determine its own form of declaration, and the form will be sent by the shipping agent to the Master for completion before/after the vessel’s arrival. At Bayuquan, the latest look out circular (LOC) requested by the port is said to require the vessel’s agreement to leave its berth in the event that a COVID-19 positive case is confirmed on board. PCR tests are required to be carried out on all international incoming vessels/crew members. 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 – August 3 1 , 20 21 2 Pilotage requirements: each pilot is required to take a PCR test after each pilotage service. The pilot’s next pilotage service will be permitted only after the PCR test result has been confirmed as negative. At several places in Dalian, as pilot boat use is restricted, and only tugs are available, the pilotage service may be slower than before. Green medical care channels remain open to seafarers with serious injury or lifethreatening illness. There have been reports that in some of recent COVID-19 positive confirmed cases, disembarkation of the affected seafarer for medical care and repatriation was not permitted at several places in Dalian, Bayuquan, etc. Specific requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. The change of foreign crew is not allowed by local port authorities. Change of Chinese seafarers might be permitted on a case-by-case basis, and if allowed, the joining crew must have been vaccinated. Tianjin A case