ContractSeafarers Employment Agreement • February 11th, 2020
Contract Type FiledFebruary 11th, 2020AUTORIDAD MARÍTIMA DE PANAMÁ F-410(PANAMÁ MARITIME AUTHORITY) (DCCM)DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE MARINA MERCANTE V.00 (GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MERCHANT MARINE) DEPARTAMENTO DE CONTROL Y CUMPLIMIENTO (DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE) Coronavirus and Seafarers employment agreement. No.: MMN-03/2020 February, 2020. 1. The purpose of this Merchant Marine Notice is to inform that with the outbreak of the Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the WHO declared a state of global health emergency, causing massive uncertainty across the global trade, resulting in additional implication for the regular shipping operations.2. The coronavirus outbreak coincided with the Chinese New Year holiday, and the Chinese government has taken the unusual step of extending the break for up to a week in order to reduce the spread of the contagion. Given the rapid spread of the virus it seems likely that the shutdown could be extended even further.3. This policy is having an effect for crew changes. With extensive travel