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LGBT rights sailor rewarded for championing diversity in maritime
3 September 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lgbt-rights-sailor-rewarded-for-champ...

Second Officer Paul Owen and 15 other mariners awarded the Merchant Navy Medal for outstanding service and contribution to the maritime sector.

Change comes at a cost – can shipping attract new sources of funding to meet environmental goals?
02/09/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/change-comes-at-a-cost-can-shipping...

Shipping will need to tap into non-traditional sources of funding in order to change the way it operates and meet its environmental targets, but can it attract this funding without improving its own governance?

Long wait for tanker demand to return to pre-pandemic levels
Sam Chambers September 3, 2021

Tanker owners, suffering one of their worst years in a decade, will have to wait until the end of next year for demand to return to pre-pandemic levels, multiple analysts suggest.

Marina releases new rules for COP renewal
Yashika F. Torib and Genivi Factao September 1, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/01/business/maritime/marina-releases...

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has released a new guideline for the requirements in the application for revalidation of the Certificate of Proficiency (CoP ) of Filipino seafarers.

Manning group reiterates call for seamen exemption from travel cap
September 1, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/01/business/maritime/manning-group-r...

Licensed manning agencies (LMAs) have elevated their appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to help bring home thousands of fatigued Filipino seafarers, many of them serving beyond their contracts onboard international vessels.

Shipping companies prefer fully vaccinated seafarers – ITF union
Yashika F. Torib September 1, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/01/business/maritime/shipping-compan...

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) confirmed that several manning companies are indeed only hiring seafarers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

HRAS Urges IMO to Increase Transparency in Reporting of Seafarer Abuse
Aug 31, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/hras-urges-imo-to-increase-tr...

COVID outbreak on cargo ship quarantines crew in San Francisco Bay, officials say
Don Sweeney August 31, 2021 https://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article253891673.html

A cargo ship that had 19 of 21 crew members test positive for COVID-19 called the U.S. Coast Guard for help Monday in San Francisco Bay, officials say.

Six of the infected crew members asked to be evacuated to hospitals for observation, KNTV reported.

The final cargo ship crewman charged in a 20-ton Philly cocaine bust was sentenced to more than 7 years
Jeremy Roebuck Sep 1, 2021 https://www.inquirer.com/news/msc-gayane-aleksandar-kavaja-cocaine-phila...

Aleksandar Kavaja, 28, of Montenegro, told the court he was forced into the trafficking effort by a powerful and murderous drug cartel that dominates his home country.

Cargo ship halts operations after crew members contract COVID-19
Philippine News Agency August 31, 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/31/cargo-ship-halts-operations-after-crew-memb...

ILOILO CITY – The 36 crew members of the M/V San Rafael Dos, a cargo vessel of giant transportation and logistics provider 2GO, are currently in quarantine here after 20 of them tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).