Cruise vessel calls at Cochin Port for repatriation of crew
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Cruise vessel Veendam arrived Cochin Port for repatriation of 138 Indian seafarers. Thermal scanning of disembarking crew was carried out followed by swab collection for Covid-19 test. After procedures of Customs, PHO, Immigration etc, crew were shifted to paid quarantine.
Cochin Port has so far facilitated crew change (sign on & sign off) of 1694 seafarers. Out of this, 1380 was done at outer anchorage of Cochin Port, which is the highest outer anchorage crew change facilitated among Indian ports, since covid-19 lockdown.