Global Resources
BIMCO
Shipping association BIMCO is maintaining Coronavirus (COVID-19) - implementation measures for sea transport, which provides information by country and is updated daily.
Inchcape Shipping Services
Inchcape Shipping Services, a private firm, provides website on COVID-19 - Port/Country Implications.
International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)
The International Association of Classification Societies will provide regular updates on its work via a dedicated webpage for its COVID19 Task Force.
International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
The World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) of IAPH has developed the World Ports COVID19 Information Portal.
International Group of P & I Clubs (IGP&I)
The IGP&I has developed a COVID-19 information dashboard that combines information about confirmed cases with maritime advisories and guidance all displayed on a world map.
International Martitime Health Association (IMHA)
The International Martime Health Association has developed an Information page that includes advice on Medical Assistance to Seafarers in Ports and Testing Seafarers on COVID-19.
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- IMO Member States unanimously adopted a resolution on ‘Recommended Actions to Facilitate Ship Crew Change, Access to Medical Care and Seafarer Travel During the Covid-19 Pandemic’
- IMO Preliminary list of recommendations for Governments and relevant national authorities on the facilitation of maritime trade during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- IMO issues Recommended Framework of Pprotocols for Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and Travel During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
- IMO issues COVID-19 related guidelines for ensuring a safe shipboard interface between ship and shore-based personnel
- IMO issues COVID-19 related guidance for the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
International Maritime Pilots Association (IMPA)
- IMPA publishes COVID-19 Pilotage Protocols and Guidelines
Wilhelmsen Ship Services AS
Wilhelmsen Ship Services AS, a private firm, is maintaining COVID-19 Global Port Restrictions Map. Click on each port or country in the map to view port restrictions. Map will be updated up to 3 times per day. Last updated timestamp can be found in the map's legend info box.
World Customs Organization (WCO)
- WCO provides regular updates on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) including links to member countries' best practices highlighted in summary form as What Customs Can Do to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO)