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IMO Secretary-General Denounces “No Crew Change” Clauses
December 21, 2020
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Charterers’ “no crew change” clauses aggravate the ongoing crew change crisis and further threaten the safety of navigation, says IMO Secretary-General.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has spoken out against “no crew change” clauses in charterparties, pointing out that such clauses exacerbate the dire situation of stranded seafarers and undermine the efforts undertaken to resolve the ongoing crew change crisis.
So-called “no crew change” clauses, which are demanded by certain charterers, state that no crew changes can occur whilst the charterer’s cargo is onboard – hence not allowing the ship to deviate to ports where crew
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