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Crews Are Abandoned on Ships in Record Numbers Without Pay, Food or a Way Home

Sun, 10/10/2021 - 08:41 — helmsman

Crews Are Abandoned on Ships in Record Numbers Without Pay, Food or a Way Home
Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson Oct. 8, 2021

Failing companies ditch vessels too expensive to repair or too difficult to sell, leaving behind cargo-ship castaways trapped in ports or offshore

CONSTANTA, Romania—An engineer stuck on a cargo ship abandoned in a Black Sea port has waited four years to get paid and go home.

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US Merchant Marine Academy faces tough questions as multiple rape allegations emerge

Sun, 10/10/2021 - 08:38 — helmsman

US Merchant Marine Academy faces tough questions as multiple rape allegations emerge
Sam Chamber October 8, 2021 https://splash247.com/us-merchant-marine-academy-faces-tough-questions-a...

US authorities are investigating allegations of the rape of a then 19-year-old member of the class of 2022 at the US Merchant Marine Academy while serving her year at sea onboard a Maersk vessel.

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Pinoy seamen among detained crew of ship with ton of cocaine in France

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:30 — helmsman

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

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IMO to Establish Regional Office for the Pacific Islands

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:25 — helmsman

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

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'Containergeddon': Supply crisis drives Walmart and rivals to hire their own ships

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 12:22 — helmsman

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.

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Support for any and every seafarer

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 08:30 — helmsman

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.

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ITF will support Seafarers whenever owners fail to pay up

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 13:47 — helmsman

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.

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POEA bans employers of Filipino seafarers stranded in China ; POEA says stranded seafarers near China coast will still get salaries

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 13:45 — helmsman

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.