Bulk carrier SILVER LADY arrived at Chornomorsk Ukraine on Feb 5, 2021, having 21 crew on board, most or all of them of Filipino nationality, according to FleetMon.

It stated: “The ship was berthed; on Feb 6 one crew was taken off the ship on a covid suspicion. Was he having high temperature? Running nose? – Ukrainian media didn’t specify what this suspicion was about.

“Transport healthcare authority ran a test on all crew, 13 seamen were tested positive, all were asymptomatic. There was no mentioning of any of them suffering from any covid or flu symptoms, mild or severe or whatever.”

It added: “Port authorities demanded from owner to change all the crew, a new crew arrived and replaced the old one. The ship left Chornomorsk late Feb 13, bound for Rotterdam. Old crew understood to be placed under 2-week quarantine.”