RE: Flights27 Jan 2021 20:27
Bespoke
Change to original logistics plan by BPC & Stena on flights & crew accomadation.
The United States, being the location from which much of the technical support and supplies for the rig will emanate, is experiencing record levels of Covid-19, and the likelihood of tighter restrictions and new lock-downs appear to be increasing. In The Bahamas a State of Emergency remains in place and there is considerable and growing uncertainty as to the uninterrupted availability of required services, for example regular scheduled flights and accommodation.
In view of this evolving situation, BPC and Stena Drilling have decided to move to implement an even more rigorous Covid-19 mitigation plan, so as to ensure creation of a series of effective Covid-19-free "bubbles" that completely isolate and test all crew, staff and vendor personnel on an enhanced basis, and thus "shields" the vessel to the maximum extent possible from the risk of Covid-19 importation / disruption. These measures include:
· enhanced quarantine and testing measures, where all crew and personnel will be required to undertake mandatory isolation in secure chartered hotel facilities for seven days or more (as opposed to domestic requirements in various relevant locations of up to three days),
· multiple and different Covid-19 tests before, during and after isolation and during transit (as compared, for example, to the USA which requires no Covid-19 testing for transit passengers),
All transits being via private charter flights for all crew to and from the UK / USA and The Bahamas and then ultimately to the vessel (as compared to previous plans that involved commercial air flights, which may no longer be available and in any case pose a considerably higher systemic risk)
https://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=202011270700016951G
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