Marina at 47: Full speed ahead despite the pandemic--"Even in the height of the pandemic, the Philippines was able to deploy 217,223 seafarers"

Marina at 47: Full speed ahead despite the pandemic
Genivi Verdejo June 11, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/11/supplements/marina-at-47-full-spe...

Impacted by the global pandemic that rendered shipping and transport almost helpless against economic slowdown with ships and crew not able to transport people and cargos, the country's custodian of its maritime development stands at the aft, guiding a strong and resilient industry.

Tech-driven maritime training key to attracting Gen Z

Tech-driven maritime training key to attracting Gen Z
11 June 2021 https://www.thedigitalship.com/news/maritime-software/item/7346-tech-dri...

Shipping and maritime companies hoping to attract Generation Z (Gen Z) talent should develop personalised and interactive eLearning programmes featuring video content and bold colours, according to education industry research and experts.

The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea

The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea
Elisabeth Braw, June 9, 2021 https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/09/ever-given-suez-crew-stuck-shipping/

Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.

On March 29, after being stuck sideways in the Suez Canal for nearly a week, the Ever Given was unmoored. With that, the world’s attention, rapt for days by global shipping, turned elsewhere.

For US$1million: Seven years in prison for chief mate of cargo vessel where Philly feds found record 20 tons of cocaine

Seven years in prison for chief mate of cargo vessel where Philly feds found record 20 tons of cocaine
Jeremy Roebuck Jun 11, 2021

Bosko Markovic, 39, of Montenegro, was promised a windfall of more than $1 million to oversee the smuggling and hiding of the narcotics aboard the ship, prosecutors said.

The chief mate of an international shipping vessel aboard which federal authorities at the Port of Philadelphia seized a record-breaking 20 tons of cocaine in 2019 expected to be paid more than $1 million for overseeing the smuggling effort, federal prosecutors said.

NYK Begins Payment of Seafarers’ Salaries in Digital Currency

NYK Begins Payment of Seafarers’ Salaries in Digital Currency
Baibhav Mishra -June 10, 2021 https://seanews.co.uk/news/nyk-begins-payment-of-seafarers-salaries-in-d...

An NYK Group ship-management subsidiary has begun to pay seafarers’ salaries in digital currency issued by MarCoPay Inc., a joint venture of NYK and the Transnational Diversified Group in the Philippines.

ITF battles for crew wage payments as abandonments soar

ITF battles for crew wage payments as abandonments soar
June 10, 2021 https://shipinsight.com/articles/itf-battles-for-crew-wage-payments-as-a...

‘Tip of the iceberg’: ITF inspectors recover $45m in seafarers’ wages amidst record-high abandonments.

Massive cargo ship catches on fire in Sri Lanka

X-Press Pearl: The 'toxic ship' that caused an environmental disaster
Ranga Sirilal and Andreas Illmer 10 June 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57395693

Earlier last month, a cargo ship carrying chemicals caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka - leaving in its wake an environmental disaster that the island will likely have to live with for decades.

U.S. Navy rescues 15 crew from sinking cargo ship off Somalia

U.S. Navy rescues 15 crew from sinking cargo ship off Somalia
CGTN Africa - 15 July 2021 https://africa.cgtn.com/2021/06/10/u-s-navy-rescues-15-crew-from-sinking...

AMOSUP opens facilities for seafarer vaccination

AMOSUP opens facilities for seafarer vaccination
Yashika F. Torib June 9, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/09/business/maritime/amosup-opens-fa...

The vaccination program for Filipino seafarers will start rolling out this month with the Association of Marine Officers' and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) opening its facilities nationwide as the venue of inoculation.

Prioritize seafarers' welfare

Prioritize seafarers' welfare
Ambassador Carlos Salinas June 9, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/09/business/maritime/prioritize-seaf...

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