Local Issues

“Update on ‘COVID restrictions’ in Ukraine’ 1. There are no specific requirements for ships calling Ukrainian ports, however the pilotage arrangements can differ in some locations and therefore we would recommend the Members / Masters to obtain pre-arrival information / guidance / instructions from the local ships agents beforehand to have enough time for review and arrangements. 2. All ports in Ukraine operate in the usual manner and the current COVID-19 restrictions are not impacting on the cargo operations and logistics. Shore leave can be arranged nowadays via the local ship agents in case of need, though at first the seafarers can be asked by the authorities to provide a grounded reason for their shore leave request. Visit to the doctor, exchange of expired seaman’s book or suchlike reasons are considered as grounded. 3. Seafarers are able to receive medical treatment for both COVID and non-COVID issues. 4. Non-Ukrainian citizens in order to enter Ukraine should have: a) medical insurance (covering possible COVID treatment); b) vaccination certificates (with vaccines approved by WHO) or express-tests for COVID-19 done 72 hours prior to arrival, at the latest. 6. Ukrainian government offers free vaccination programs to all Ukrainian citizens (vaccines approved by WHO such as Moderna, Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Sinovac are available), seafarers including. Foreign seafarers are able to get vaccines on a commercial basis. 7. As of today, the existing restrictive measures do not significantly impact on legal proceedings and courts in Ukraine. Best regards, Igor Cherezov dd.03.01.2022...

PRE-ARRIVAL INFORMATION Hereby we provide below the pre-arrival information, containing requirements and regulations which are in force in Ukrainian ports. We kindly ask you to take into consideration that requirements of the Authorities as well as...

Seafarers are able to receive medical treatment for both COVID and non-COVID issues. Non-Ukrainian citizens in order to enter Ukraine should have medical insurance (covering possible coronavirus treatment), as well as vaccination certificates (with v...

Despite the fact, that we have repeatedly reported to our Principals and their Members on outrageous Customs’ “activities” in Nikolaev (Ukrainian: Mykolaiv) sea area (which includes three Seaports and 2 commercial terminals), i.e. their practice to i...