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Douala’s Port Authority has issued a Public Notice instigating the following pre-berthing measures aimed at containing COVID-19:

In view of the COVID-19 outbreak, Dakar’s Port Authority has recently issued the circular below modifying berthing procedures from 1 March 2020.

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China recently published new Measures of Administration on Agreement for Ship Pollution Response Regime, which became effective on 1 March 2020.

In a circular issued on 25 February 2020, Takoradi’s Harbour Master advises that vessels may experience delays in entering or leaving the port from March this year.

The increase in new Novel Coronavirus cases has accelerated sharply in recent days.

In China, on 27 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of 2741 confirmed cases and 80 deaths. As of today (31 January 2020), the number of confirmed cases on mainland China has risen to 9,810 and the death toll has hit 213 according to China’s National Health Commission.

The Nigerian Ports Authority issued a press release on 24 January describing new measures intended to reduce congestion in the Lagos Port Complex or Western Ports.

As countries around the world implement screening procedures, the French government has issued advice to vessels calling in local ports.

2019 was a particularly difficult year for the port of Limbe in South-West Cameroon, a region which has been at the heart of a separatist conflict since 2017 and was recently officially declared an economic disaster area.