Suspension of crew changes/vaccination for arrivals with recent travel to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa & Zimbabwe

03 Dec 2021 / Singapore

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors with recent travel history (including transit) to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe within the last 14 days will not be allowed entry into Singapore, or transit through Singapore.

As a precautionary measure, crew change and vaccination of crew will be temporarily suspended in the Port of Singapore:

a) Crew with recent travel history to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe within the last 14 days preceding arrival to Singapore. This includes sign-on crew travelling to Singapore by flight as well as sign-off crew from vessels that have called at Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

b) Sign-on crew transiting Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe on their connecting flights to Singapore.

(For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Singapore, contact GAC Singapore at [email protected])

Source: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Port Marine Circular No.44 of 2021 dated 2 December 2021

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