Protocols for safe crew change The MSC 102 agreed to issue the industry-led “Recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic” as a new, continuously updated MSC circular. Information on ports facilitating crew changes The MSC 102 agreed to create a new module in IMO’s online information database GISIS to make information about both national focal points of contact and ports that facilitate crew changes available to shipping companies.