MID EXAMINATION

FUTURE AND CHANGE IN INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION

ME184908

Prepared by:
WELDAYANA ATYANTA B.
04211641000037

DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAM

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ENGINEERING
INSTITUR TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH NOPEMBER (ITS)
HOCHSHULE WISMAR
2020
Recently, there were many outbreak covid-19 on board, for instance case of cruise ship namely,
Diamond Princes. There were many crew and passenger, getting infenction from covid-19.
Make a paper related to the influence of covid-19 in the maritime field. You can make one of cases in
cruise ship e.g. Diamond Princess, Grand Princess and etc.
Please make any recommendation that can be done to prevent the spread covid-19 in the maritime
field. This is related to policies that must be followed up immediately, for the reference can be seen at
the following link
ANSWER:
COVID-19 IN MARITIME FIELD (Grand Princess)

The Grand Princess was thrust into the national spotlight after California reported it’s first death from
coronavirus – an elderly man in northern California’s Placer country, who had been on the ship’s previous
voyage to Mexico. Genetic researchers this week traced the virus that infected passengers on the Grand
Princess to the same family tree of infections that spread through a cluster of patients in Washington state
and likely originated from a patient who had traveled to Wuhan, China. The finding suggests an infected
person may have traveled from Washington to California and had contact with the someone who boarded
the ship. What is certain, however, is that the 75 old year old Placer country man who tested positive for
the new coronavirus died on 4 March, the first death in California attributed to the virus. About 60
passengers.
The outbreak begins
The Grand Princess was thrust into the national spotlight after California reported its first death from
coronavirus – an elderly man in northern California’s Placer county, who had been on the ship’s previous
voyage to Mexico. Princess Cruises, which operates the Grand Princess and the Diamond Princess, claimed
he was infected at some point during the Grand Princess’s trip to Mexico and said he complained of
symptoms while still on board. Public health officials in California disagree. More likely, they said, he was
already infected when he stepped aboard the ship, indicating the new coronavirus had been spreading
onshore for longer than anyone knew. Genetic researchers this week traced the virus that infected
passengers on the Grand Princess to the same family tree of infections that spread through a cluster of
patients in Washington state and likely originated from a patient who had traveled to Wuhan, China. The
finding suggests an infected person may have traveled from Washington to California and had contact with
the someone who boarded the ship. What is certain, however, is that the 75-old-year old Placer county man
who tested positive for the new coronavirus died on 4 March – the first death in California attributed to the
virus. About 60 passengers who traveled with him to Mexico stayed on the ship’s next journey to Hawaii,
mixing with other passengers.
Passengers had little reason to believe anything was out of the ordinary until the ship slowly started
canceling events: first, the shows that drew large crowds, then the smaller events like music or dancing
lessons that keep passengers busy at sea. The morning of 4 March, the same day the Placer county man
died at a hospital, Grand Princess officials told the 60 passengers who traveled with him they’d need to
stay in their rooms until they could be screened for symptoms.
 Passenger Steven Smith, goes through a health screening after leaving the Grand Princess cruise ship
in Oakland, Calif., March 11, 2020. Restless passengers on a coronavirus-struck cruise ship awaited their
turn to disembark. By Tuesday night, Princess Cruises said about 1,400 of the 3,500 people on board had
gotten off, and efforts were underway to move them to quarantine in their home countries or at military
bases in California, Texas and Georgia.

A medical worker assists a passenger from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess cruise ship before boarding
a charter plane at Oakland International Airport on March 10, 2020 in Oakland, Calif. Passengers are slowly
disembarking from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess a day after it docked at the Port of Oakland.
 Passengers from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess cruise ship are escorted to a charter plane at
Oakland International Airport on March 10, 2020 in Oakland, Calif. Passenger aboard the Grand Princess
celebrate as they arrive in Oakland, Calif., on March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a
holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a
disease caused by the new coronavirus. The Grand Princess docks at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif.,
on March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is
carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Passengers disembark from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess cruise as it sits docked in the Port of
Oakland on March 9, 2020 in Oakland, Calif. The Princess Cruises Grand Princess has been held from
docking until today as at least 21 people on board have tested positive for COVID-19 also known as the
Coronavirus.
Guardian Angels, a group of medical personnel with the 129th Rescue Wing, working alongside individuals
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, don protective equipment after delivering virus testing
kits to the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California on March 5, 2020. Passengers on a cruise
ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they awaited test results Friday that
could show whether the coronavirus is circulating among the more than 3,500 people aboard.

This image grab made frame video released by the California National Guard on March 5, 2020 shows
Airmen from the Moffett Federal Airfield base, 129th Rescue Wing arriving by helicopter to deliver test kits
to the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California.
A National Guard helicopter delivering virus testing kits lowers crew down to the Grand Princess cruise ship
Thursday, March 5, 2020, off the California coast.

Heading for the shore

As they waited just off the coast, passengers took to social media to share their quarantine horror
stories. One man complained he was going hungry because the ship was rationing food. A family of eight
started an Instagram account about the hair-pulling endeavor of trying to occupy six small children for days
in a tiny, windowless cabin. The Grand Princess was finally given the green light to return to shore, but it
would dock in Oakland, not San Francisco. Officials said Oakland’s outer harbor put it at safer remove from
tourists and densely populated areas. To many in Oakland, a city that’s long lived in its glitzier neighbor’s
shadow, reopened old wounds, fanning longstanding tensions steeped in racial and environmental
discrimination. But the news was more than welcome to those on board the Grand Princess. Cars honked,
passengers whooped and cheered as the boat passed underneath San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate
bridge.
 The worst, it seemed, was over. But still to overcome was was the colossal task of moving thousands
of passengers, an untold number of whom had been infected, off the boat and onto buses, where they’d
be transported to hospitals, hotels or military bases for 14 days of quarantine. On Monday morning, just
before the Grand Princess pulled in, trucks rumbled to and from the docks along the shoreline like any
other day. Four large private passenger buses waited to transport the possibly-infected passengers.
Passengers disembarked by order of priority, those with acute medical needs first. Officials said it could
take up to three days to unload everybody. But by Friday, five days after the Grand Princess first docked,
14 international passengers still remained on board. Officials said they’d be there at least through the
weekend while their home countries arranged transportation.
This document has been prepared based on current evidence about transmission of 2019 coronavirus
(previously named 2019-nCoV, now designated COVID-19) disease – that is, human to human transmission
via respiratory droplets or direct contact with an infected individual.

Apart from all the directives provided in the Guidance for ship operators, the following additional steps
can be taken by the ship’s crew to stay safe from getting infected by the coronavirus:

• Keep a check on the health of all ship staff i.e. body temperature etc. on a daily basis.
• Before reaching the port, the assigned gangway watchkeeper should be provided with essential
protective clothing, including mask eyeglass, and disposable apron etc.
• The management on the ship should ensure enough hand sanitizer, disinfectant, gloves, mask,
disposable apron/ boiler suits are available onboard or requisition has been raised under urgent
remark
• The ship office to attend shore personnel is usually located inside the accommodation area, near
the entry door. If possible, an area on the open deck (by making a makeshift office) or bosun cabin
or any storeroom which is separated from the crew accommodation can be assigned as ship office
• Do not allow anyone to enter the accommodation area except those who are authorised or
representing customs or medical/ quarantine port staff
• Have a concrete disposable plan and separate bins to dispose of face mask, apron etc, used in
COVID 19 affected ports.
• Though there are still a lot of unanswered questions regarding COVID 19, panic is something we
should ignore at any cost. A sensible, consistent, and collective effort will help us fight this disease
and prevent it from further spreading.