Containership Quarantined After A COVID19 Virus Lottery Test

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Positive ticket in test lottery, container ship stuck for 14 days writes Nikolay Torkin for Maritime Bulletin.

What happened?

One crew of container ship visitor was found positive during her stay Aug 29-30 at Vigo, Spain, and taken to hospital.

Quarantine measures

On arrival to next port of call, Marin, Spain, the ship was put under quarantine, though the crew are healthy and draw a negative ticket in a lottery called “virus test”.

It doesn’t matter, the ship was put under 14-day “quarantine”.

Details of the vessel

Container ship VISITOR, IMO 9297606, dwt 11181, capacity 862 TEU, built 2004, flag Portugal, manager PETER DOEHLE SCHIFFAHRTS-KG (EQUASIS).

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Source: Maritime Bulletin