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Crew change challenge peaks with dead captain stuck on board ship for months
IDHA TOFT VALEUR 09.06.21 https://shippingwatch.com/carriers/article13043796.ece

Almost two months have passed since an Italian captain died aboard an Evergreen ship. But the ship has since been denied access to several Asian ports due to Covid-19 infection. As a result, it has proven impossible to get the captain home.

The challenges with crew changes and access to ports have been manifold since the pandemic erupted.

6 hurt as cargo ship catches fire near Delpan Bridge in Manila
Krissy Aguilar - June 12, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1445174/6-hurt-as-cargo-ship-catches-fire-...

MANILA, Philippines — At least six persons were injured after a cargo ship caught fire near the Delpan Bridge in Tondo, Manila Saturday.

Norwegian offshore rig workers warn of strike from June 17 if demands not met
June 11, 2021 https://splash247.com/norwegian-offshore-rig-workers-warn-of-strike-from...

More than 1,000 Norwegian offshore rig workers could go on strike on June 17 if wage negotiations with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA) fail.

Why the world is in a shipping crisis
11 June 2021 https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-crisis-causing-shortages-why-20...

The price for a shipping container is looking a lot like a meme stock.

The surge in shipping costs points to our shortage of semiconductors, lumber, chicken, chlorine, and, really, "just about everything." The pandemic broke the supply chain last year, and the shipping companies that move stuff all over the world still haven't recovered.

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
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
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.

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
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
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.