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Germany: River container ship sinks after collision
Alex Berry 08.08.2021 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-river-container-ship-sinks-after-collision...

German police have closed a river to traffic after a Dutch ship sank and began to leak a dangerous fluid into the water. The authorities were trying to prevent it from spreading downstream.

Dozens of cargo ship crew in Batangas test positive for COVID-19
Aug 10, 2021 https://www.rappler.com/nation/cargo-ship-crew-test-positive-covid-19-ba...

Most of them are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. They are quarantined aboard the vessel, which is anchored at Bauan Bay.

Pangasinan logs first Delta variant case
Jerick James Pasiliao August 9, 2021 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1149813

NATIVIDAD, Pangasinan – A returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW) here has contracted the more infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Delta variant, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) confirmed on Monday.

In a radio interview, PHO chief Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman said the patient is a seafarer who arrived in the country on July 13.

Livestock carrier meets fiery end off Spain
Sam Chambers August 9, 2021 https://splash247.com/livestock-carrier-meets-fiery-end-off-spain/

An infamous livestock carrier has met a fiery end off Spain. The Togo-flagged Elbeik caught fire off Tarragona port on Friday afternoon.

Seafarer study shows tough life on tankers amid pandemic and hijackings
09/08/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarer-study-shows-tough-life-on-...

A happiness index of seafarers’ well-being across the world has fallen to the lowest levels in years amid the coronavirus pandemic and increasing vulnerability of tankers at sea.

COVID-19 infects 25 RoRo vessel crew members
Joenald M. Rayos 9 August 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/09/covid-19-infects-25-roro-vessel-crew-members/

PORT of Batangas – Twenty-five crew members of a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) passenger ship tested positive for COVID-19 in what was considered as the biggest virus contamination in a single setting in Batangas.

11 crew test COVID-19 positive in ship off New Zealand coast
Xinhua August 9, 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/09/11-crew-test-covid-19-positive-in-ship-off-...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Eleven of the 21 crew onboard container ship Rio De La Plata, currently at sea off the coast of New Zealand’s Tauranga, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.

PH Coast Guard keeps eye on ro-ro vessel off Batangas after 28 crewmen get COVID
Frances Mangosing -August 09, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1471316/ph-coast-guard-keeps-eye-on-ro-ro-...

MANILA, Philippines—Twenty-eight crew members of a passenger vessel anchored off Batangas province have tested positive for SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday (Aug. 9).

MSC ‘shocked’ by shipper complaint, rejects carrier collusion claims
Kim Biggar August 6, 2021 https://splash247.com/msc-shocked-by-shipper-complaint-rejects-carrier-c...

Almost 4,000 seafarers got Moderna and Janssen vaccines in Villar Tent
August 7, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/08/07/almost-4000-seafarers-got-moder...