1,200 Georgian, 100 foreigner sailors return home through 'green corridor' created by Georgia

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia has helped about 1,200 Georgian sailors and 100 sailors from other countries return home through so-called ‘green corridors.’ 

Georgia started to perform the function of a transit country in the process of the repatriation of seafarers on June 15.

The Maritime Transport Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is assisting Georgian sailors return to their homeland as well as to be employed on ships free of charge", reads the press release by the agency.

Only sailors who have certified contracts can use the 'green corridors', the authenticity of which is verified with the shipowner, and crossing the state border of Georgia is carried out only in case of confirmed employment.