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High energy warning! The epidemic has occurred on many ships in a row, and the sailing has been inte

Date:2022-01-18  Hits:122
Since the beginning of winter, the epidemic situation in various countries has rebounded frequently. Omicron is now the dominant variant in many countries, and as Omicron is more contagious than previous variants, large numbers of people could be sickened or quarantined at the same time, and critical infrastructure could collapse.

Not only on land, but also at sea. Recently, many cargo ships have been quarantined due to the epidemic situation of the crew members, and the sailing schedule has been greatly affected!

A MSC container ship has a positive case, the sailing is interrupted, and it has visited many domestic ports

According to local Chilean media reports, recently, a large container ship named MSC Lauren flying the Panamanian flag was inspected after arriving at the port of San Antonio, Chile, and it was found that two new crown nucleic acid tests were positive on the ship.

The ship has now been transferred to the anchorage for quarantine.

There are a total of 23 seafarers on the ship, and the local authorities of the port are currently conducting PCR nucleic acid tests on all crew members on the ship.

According to the detailed information of the MSC Lauren ship provided by Ship News, the ship is a large container ship of 12,400 TEU, owned and operated by MSC, the world's largest container shipping company.

According to the data of the large shipping schedule, the shipping companies with the same cabin include Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, ONE and many other shipping companies.

The ship carried out the MSC Asia-South America ADES route. This voyage has called at Ningbo, Xiamen, Hong Kong and other ports in China.

It should be emphasized that MSC LAUREN is also the fourth ship in the Valparaiso region of Chile in the past 11 days to be detected with seafarers infected with the new crown virus.

Two other ships, the MSC Branka and the tanker Arica, were also found in the Valparaiso area with seafarers testing positive for the new coronavirus. They were all directed to Valparaiso Bay to begin quarantine.

A Hapag-Lloyd container crew member was diagnosed and the ship was quarantined on site

On January 12, a crew member of a super-large container ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd had a confirmed case and was quarantined at the Chilean anchorage.

It is reported that the ship involved is "GUAYAQUIL EXPRESS", IMO 9777620, 123587 dwt, 11519 TEU, built in 2016, flying the German flag, and the owner is Hapag-Lloyd.

According to Chile's local media PortalPortuario, after arriving at the port of San Antonio, Chile, when the port authorities conducted an antigen test on the "GUAYAQUIL EXPRESS" ship, one of the 24 crew members was found to be positive.

According to local protocols, the quarantine authorities will conduct PCR tests on the entire crew, and the "GUAYAQUIL EXPRESS" was ordered to go to the Valparaiso anchorage to wait for the results and quarantine.

The Port of San Antonio confirmed the news in a statement: "The container ship that was supposed to be docked at the DP World terminal was diverted to the Valparaiso anchorage, and parties are seeking to bring the positive crew ashore for treatment."

According to the large shipping schedule data, in addition to Hapag-Lloyd, there are also ANL, APL, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, HAMBURG SÜD, Maersk, OOCL and SEALAND.

A crew member of a freighter docked in Qingdao was diagnosed, and 16 close contacts were quarantined

From 0 to 24:00 on January 14, 2022, 3 new confirmed cases imported from abroad were added in Qingdao, of which case 1 was of Indian nationality, and cases 2 and 3 were both of Filipino nationality.

The three-person cargo ship departed from South Korea and berthed at berth 77 of Qingdao Qianwan Port Container Terminal on January 13.

On January 14, the customs nucleic acid test results of the three people were all positive. They disembarked and ashore on the same day and were transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment by a 120-degree negative pressure ambulance. based on the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations and laboratory test results, the expert group diagnosed the three people as all Confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia (common type).

A total of 16 people were determined to be in close contact with the 3 people, and all of them have been quarantined on board for medical observation.

The foreign trade export and freight forwarding logistics companies that have loaded the above-mentioned ships in the near future need to pay special attention, pay attention to the dynamics of the ships in time, keep in touch with the shipping companies, understand the situation of the goods, and the impact of the accident on the subsequent delay of the ship!
 
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