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Seafarer shot and others kidnapped from containership in Gulf of Guinea
Nick Savvides 14/12/2021 https://theloadstar.com/crew-kidnapped-from-cma-cgm-vessel-in-gulf-of-gu...

Up to nine crew members on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea are thought to have been kidnapped, while another is being treated for a bullet wound in the leg.

The 21-year-old CMA CGM-chartered Tonsberg was attacked by pirates some 48 nautical miles south-west of Luba, at around 4pm UK time yesterday.

5550-TEU container ship attacked, 6 crew kidnapped, Gulf of Guinea UPDATE
Mikhail Voytenko December 14, 2021 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/12/13/5550-teu-container-ship-atta...

Dec 14 UPDATE: Crew reportedly, consists of Polish, Ukrainian and Filipino nationalities, number of kidnapped seamen yet unclear, most probably 6, but number 9 was also mentioned. Understood at least 1 crew who escaped kidnapping was wounded during attack.

General cargo ship heavily listed, abandoned, South China sea
Mikhail Voytenko December 14, 2021 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/12/14/general-cargo-ship-heavily-li...

FAME elects new officers, seafarer-focused projects eyed
December 15, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/12/15/business/maritime/fame-elects-new...

Newly elected FAME president Capt. Gaudencio Morales

A Pinoy seafarer’s ‘epiphany’
Malou Talosig-Bartolome December 12, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/12/12/a-pinoy-seafarers-epiphany/

Returning OFWs stick their necks out in PHL market, start own business amid pandemic

FOR 37 days that he had to spend inside a “world-class” jail inside a cruise ship in Japan, Lourence Tan de Leon had an epiphany of sorts.

Crewing Online Takes On The Manpower Shortage Challenge
December 13, 2021 https://www.asiaone.com/business/crewing-online-takes-manpower-shortage-...

Solving the scarcity challenge with a rich pool of talent readily available

Vessel unseaworthy because of crew’s failure to update navigation chart
December 13, 2021

A container ship which left port with a defective navigation chart, causing it to be grounded, was “unseaworthy” for the purposes of the Hague Rules relating to carriers’ liability, notwithstanding that the error was a navigational fault by the crew, with the result that the shipowners could not claim general average against the cargo interests for the costs of the salvage operation.

Suez Canal as 'Ever Given' container ship returns
Kamal Tabikha Dec 12, 2021 https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/12/12/emergency-announced-in-s...

Egyptian authorities declared a state of emergency on Sunday as Ever Given, the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March, returned to the waterway with a full load, heading to Rotterdam from China.

4 dead, 7 missing after cargo ship sinks off east China coast
Dec 12, 2021 https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/4-dead-7-missing-after-cargo-ship...

Jinan [China], December 12 (ANI): At least four people were killed and seven were still missing after a cargo ship sank off the coast of Yantai City, east China's Shandong province on Sunday morning, local media reported.

China is imposing quarantines of up to 7 weeks for cargo ship crew, and it's bad news for the supply chain
Huileng Tan Nov 26, 2021 https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-supply-chain-crisis-long-china-...

China's strict COVID-19 quarantines are making it difficult for ships to change crews, contributing to lags in the shipping process that could worsen the supply chain crisis.