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France Seizes Ton of Cocaine and Detains Crew of Bulker
Oct 6, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/france-seizes-ton-of-cocaine-...

IMO to Establish Regional Office for the Pacific Islands
October 6, 2021 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/establish-regional-office-paci...

The Great Reboot--'Containergeddon': Supply crisis drives Walmart and rivals to hire their own ships
Lisa Baertlein and Jonathan Saul, Siddharth Cavale October 8, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/containergeddon-su...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Flying Buttress once glided across the oceans carrying vital commodities like grain to all corners of the world.

Support for any and every seafarer
By The Reverend Timothy Tunley https://www.missiontoseafarers.org/the-sea/support-for-any-and-every-sea...

The Mission is here for those at sea, whatever their sexuality or gender identity

Over the years I have helped to support several lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBT+) seafarers; their issues and joys are not much different from those of other seafarers in terms of their job at sea.

ITF will support Seafarers whenever owners fail to pay up
7 Oct 2021 https://www.miragenews.com/itf-will-support-seafarers-whenever-owners-fa...

The International Transport Federation (ITF) Australia welcomes the six-month ban placed by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on the bulk Carrier MV Western Callao for underpayment of crew wages.

POEA bans employers of Filipino seafarers stranded in China
Bianca Angelica D. Añago October 6, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/poea-bans-employers-of-filipino-seafarers-s...

THE PHILIPPINE Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has blacklisted the employers of 29 Filipino seafarers stranded in Xiamen, China, who were abandoned after their respective vessels ceased operations in May.

Shipping group slams bill on seafarers
October 06, 2021 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1909504/Cebu/Business/Shipping-group-...

Bangladesh shipbreaking sector sees highest quarterly death toll
Adis Ajdin October 6, 2021 https://splash247.com/bangladesh-shipbreaking-sector-sees-highest-quarte...

COVID drives big demand for crew-change specialists
07/10/2021

Crew change specialists are in big demand from shipping companies struggling to get seafarers on or off vessels because of Covid-19 travel restrictions, an industry figure has revealed.

Authorities around the world have either closed ports or introduced entry measures to prevent potential coronavirus carriers from entering their country – making it difficult for ship owners to get crew in or out, according to Peter Smit, Co-CEO of Boers Crew Services.

Kenya: 'I Am a Muslim but I Had to Eat Pork' - Kenyan Seafarers Claim Mistreatment on China Vessels
Winnie Atieno 4 October 2021 https://allafrica.com/stories/202110050139.html

Kenyan seafarers have revealed unbearable working and living conditions and suspicious business activities aboard Chinese fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean.

They cited torture and mistreatment, including being forced to engage in illegal business and being barred from communicating with their families.