On 19/02/2021 11:25, tim... wrote:


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In message , Steve Walker
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If they are UK residents who want to have a break and return to
the UK, then there are two options. 1) they need to go straight
into isolation on returning to the UK or 2) they can show that
they have not been in contact (directly or indirectly) with
people outside their crew for 10 days.


The problem seems to be two fold.Â* The country where the ships are
won't let the crew come ashore (even to go directly to an
airport), and they won't let the replacement crew enter the country.

that's the problem of having ships registered in Liberia which they
never actually visit

I don't think this happens with ships registered in sensible places
that the ship does visit occasionally

It does actually.

We don't even allow all out nationals who are out of the
country to return without going thru quarantine for 2 weeks
locked up in quarantine hotels at their expense. And we have
very severe quotas on how many can arrive each month too.

imposing a quarantine is not the same as saying "you're not allowed
off the ship at all "

is it

Its quarantine on the ship, stupid.

but that's not the same meaning, is it

the "normal" quarantine (for Covid) is for 10/14 days and you can't
leave before then

whereas being told to remain on the ship means that you can leave when
the ship leaves, even if that's only 2 days later

As long as you are going with the ship, what's the problem there?