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Balearia can no longer take passenger on their ferries. All National and International Commercial flights and ships have been banned from the Balearic Islands and passengers will not be allowed to disembark from planes or ferries.
The Moroccan government has decided to suspend its communications with Spain until further notice. Balearia is suspending passenger service departures for the Algeciras – Tangiers Med. and Almería – Nador routes until the current situation returns to normal. However, the route will continue operating for freight transport in order to ensure supply for the region.
Will allow customers to remain in their vehicles on the enclosed car deck, to help support social distancing and self-isolation.
Brittany Ferries has reshuffled its fleet and routes.
Additional measures:
Brittany Ferries employs French crew. The company said it had to prepare for the non-availability of crew members because of illness or the need to take care of relatives at home.
Restricted services to the islands and reduced onboard capacity. Groix Island only accessible for inhabitants.
Ships are in operation. The company has taken several measures to handle the crisis.
Flexibility in booking changes and cancellations
A 24/7 crisis management team has been installed, and is permanently in contact with the ferries.
Each ferry has a doctor on board.
Max 100 pax per public space. Special procedures in self-service restaurant (gloved staff prepares dishes). No consumption of drinks at bar counter.
Corsica Linea stops carrying passengers between Marseille and Corsica from 18 until 30 March. Because of the closure of the EU borders all crossings between France and Algeria have been cancelled until 15 April.
Copenhagen-Oslo route suspended. PEARL SEAWAYS and CROWN SEAWAYS laid up in Copenhagen. Danish aid package for business means that crews on Pearl and Crown can be sent home with pay.
DFDS is temporarily suspending sailings on its Newcastle to Amsterdam (IJmuiden) ferry route.
The last sailings on the route before the temporary suspension will be from Amsterdam on Saturday 21 March and from Newcastle on Sunday 22 March.
Passenger capacity will be reduced to 50% on DFDS sailings from Dover to Calais and Dunkirk and Newhaven to Dieppe. There will not be a reduction in sailings, the schedules will remain the same.
DFDS stopped bookings of accompanied units and any other passengers on North Sea routes from Gothenburg to Ghent, Immingham or Zeebrugge.
Units that are normally driver accompanied can of course continue to be shipped, but only on an unaccompanied basis.
All departures with ECKERÖ will be cancelled from 16 March to 14 April says Eckerö on their website.
Finland will start to restrict travelling to Finland as from 19 March 2020 midnight. These limitations remain in force until 13 April 2020.
Finnlines will do their best to ensure that people have the possibility to get home and undertake essential travel:
Finnish citizens and people living in Finland can return to Finland. Note, that the travellers should stay at their homes 14 days after returning home.
Foreign travellers in Finland can return to their home countries.
EU citizens are allowed to return via Finland to their home countries.
Cargo transportation will continue as usual and drivers will be transported normally since essential traveling for work is allowed.
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