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Shell faces growing Covid cases on North Sea platform
Adis Ajdin July 14, 2021 https://splash247.com/shell-faces-growing-covid-cases-on-north-sea-platf...

Shell is looking at additional setbacks at its Shearwater production hub in the UK North Sea with now close to 120 people linked to a Covid-19 outbreak. Last week, the company confirmed 15 people tested positive for the virus along with 70 close contacts since the first case was identified on June 30.

Container congestion registered in every corner of the planet
Sam Chambers July 14, 2021

The state of global container congestion continues to roil supply chains right across the world.

Seafarers draw support from chaplains – research
July 14, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/14/business/maritime/seafarers-draw-...

SEAFARERS of different faiths and no faith rely on support from port chaplains in coping with what is often dangerous work in challenging institutionalized workplace settings, research from Cardiff University has found.

Third country seamen required to have visa or residence permit
12 July 2021 https://news.err.ee/1608274386/third-country-seamen-required-to-have-vis...

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise assessed that Estonian state agencies are violating the law if they do not require third country seamen working on Estonian vessels to have an Estonian residence permit or visa to go with registration of temporary work.

Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Rudy Romero July 13, 2021 https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/359539

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The department that needs to be created is a Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. There are a number of reasons why such a new Cabinet entity is needed, apart from the fact that the Philippines is one of the few maritime countries that do not have a Cabinet-level office devoted to fisheries.

Sea Sunday, fishermen and the West Philippine Sea
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO | July 13,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/387873/sea-sunday-fishermen-and-the-w...

Matamlay. Sluggish.

This is how Taytay Apostolic Vicar-designate Bishop Broderick Pabillo described the government’s treatment of Filipino fishermen despite the favorable arbitral tribunal’s ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) territorial dispute.

Shipping Chaos Not Going Away With Most Seafarers Unvaccinated
K Oanh Ha, Ann Koh, and Claire Jiao 13 July 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-12/shipping-chaos-not-go...

Global vaccinations of seafarers are going too slowly to prevent outbreaks on ships from causing more trade disruptions, endangering maritime workers and potentially slowing economies trying to pull out of pandemic slowdowns.

This Filipino ship captain is still standing up to Chinese intruders
JC Gotinga Jul 12, 2021 https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/filipino-ship-captain-manolo-...

Good news from the Maritime Industry Authority
Andrew J. Masigan July 11, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/good-news-from-the-maritime-industry-author...

Filipino traders are in crisis due to the global shortage of cargo vessels and container vans. The shortage has caused inbound and outbound freight costs to increase by as much as five times the normal rate. Exacerbating matters is that shipping delays have become more the norm rather than the exception.

UAE acts on vessel abandonment with new resolution
Paul Bartlett | Jul 12, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/law/uae-acts-vessel-abandonment-new-re...

A Resolution passed by the UAE Council of Ministers at the beginning of July could mean an end to the abandonment of ships, and often their unpaid crews, in the country’s waters.