Mandatory testing will likely extend to other ports - Maritime NZ

Mandatory testing will likely extend to other ports - Maritime NZ
Brent Melville
Maritime NZ says covid-19 testing requirements implemented at the ports of Tauranga and Auckland will likely be extended across New Zealand's other 21 ports. Currently, the entry of ships and crew into the country's ports falls under the maritime border order managed by the New Zealand Customs Service, which is responsible for monitoring and ensuring unquarantined ships' crews aren't allowed through NZ's borders.   To date, however, those rules haven't dictated mandatory testing. That changed on Friday night as the country's two biggest p...

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