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'Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind'
Yashika F. Torib October 20, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/10/20/business/maritime/out-of-sight-no...

The cover photo taken by Filipino Ordinary Seaman, Aljon Manlangit, entitled ‘Papa is tired, but Papa will never give up’. PHOTO FROM ITF

Music, Beer, Wi-Fi At Sea: Managing Morale For Sailors Stuck At Anchor
October 18, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/music-beer-wi-fi-at-sea-managing-morale-for-sailors...

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) Plenty of things might keep container-ship captain Markus Grote up at night while sailing across the ocean, but lately there’s another kind of sinking feeling that worries him: crew morale.

Taiwan Coastguard Rescues 14 from Stranded Cargo Ship in Typhoon
Oct 18, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/taiwan-coastguard-rescues-14-...

Spinal conditions as compensable work-related illnesses
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | October 19,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/406749/spinal-conditions-as-compensab...

Video shows ship packed with Chinese tanks for 'future battlefield' in Taiwan
Keoni Everington, 2021/10/18 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4318076

Hundreds of tanks, assault vehicles shown inside 'big belly' of civilian RORO ship

A Merchant Marine cadet said she was assaulted at sea. Her account has Washington looking for answers.
Ian Duncan October 14, 2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/10/14/merchant-marine...

Five crew members have been suspended, and the government is reviewing sexual assault prevention measures that were overhauled five years ago

Italy ship captain convicted after sending 101 migrants to Libya in 2018
AP with Euronews • 14/10/2021 https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/14/italy-ship-captain-convicted-after-s...

A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship for returning 101 migrants rescued at sea to Libya.

The verdict issued by judge Maria Luisa Miranda is the first of its kind in Italy and has been welcomed by human rights groups.

Crew abandons ship after Panamanian freighter runs aground in Penghu Islands
Phillip Charlier October 17, 2021 https://taiwanenglishnews.com/crew-abandons-ship-after-panamanian-freigh...

The 14-man crew of a Panamanian-registered cargo ship was airlifted to safety after the vessel ran aground in Penghu County following a mechanical failure, Sunday, October 17.

Supply chain woes strand desperate sailors off SoCal coast
Ronald D. White 17 Oct 2021 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-17/port-la-supply-chain-u...

Abrorizki Geraldy Aulia, the son of a ship’s captain, is part of the new generation that moves more than 80% of the world’s raw materials, parts and merchandise on commercial cargo fleets. At 24, he has already traveled farther by ship than most people ever will.

Stranded for almost 5 months now, 29 Filipino seafarers in China want to go home
MARILOU DE CASTRO October 17, 2021 https://www.bulatlat.com/2021/10/17/stranded-for-almost-5-months-now-29-...

MANILA – The families of the 29 Filipino seafarers stranded off the coast of Xiamen, China for almost five months now are asking the government to bring them home, saying that their pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears.