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Mental health and honey badgers: No laughing matter
January 25, 2021 https://splash247.com/mental-health-and-honey-badgers-no-laughing-matter/

Christian Ayerst, CEO of Mental Health Support Solutions, writes for Splash demanding organisational change ashore and at sea.

I’m a fairly tough guy. I can sleep for five hours – and be relatively lucid the next day. I run ultra-marathons. I’ve been bitten by a honey badger and lived to tell the tale.

Marina chief, 14 others contract COVID
January 23, 2021 | http://tempo.com.ph/2021/01/23/marina-chief-14-others-contract-covid/

Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) Administrator Robert Empedrad and 14 other personnel have caught COVID-19.

“At least 15 individuals at the Central Office of the Maritime Industry Authority in Manila have tested positive for the coronavirus disease or COVID-19,” Empedrad said Friday.

Marina gears for national systems modernization
Yashika F. Torib January 20, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/01/20/business/maritime-business/marina...

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) prepares for a national modernization of its systems as part of the four-year roadmap under its Maritime Industry Development Plan (MIDP).

MARINA regulates ships’ harmful anti-fouling paints, systems
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz January 19, 2021 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127871

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has issued new rules and regulations on the application of anti-fouling paints and systems in ships to prevent the use of harmful substances.

The seafarer crisis — a shipping problem being passed from port to port
Dileepa Fonseka Jan 24 2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123954177/the-seafarer-crisis--a-shippi...

Intervene Now to Stop a Humanitarian Crisis at Sea
Guy Platten Jan. 22, 2021 https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-pandemic-has-stranded-shipping-crew...

International Transport Workers' Federation: Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) 22 Jan, 2021 https://www.prnewswire.com/ae/news-releases/international-transport-work...

Transparency And Dialogue Between Owners And Charterers Key To Crew Change Challenge
22/01/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/transparency-and-dialogue-between-o...

77% of shipping businesses used charter flights for crew change due to pandemic - survey
Marcus Hand | Jan 21, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/77-shipping-businesses...

As Covid-19 border and travel restrictions decimated commercial aviation flight schedules some 77% of shipping businesses turned to charter flights for crew change, according to a survey by travel specialist ATPI Marine & Energy.

China authorizes coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
Reuters January 22, 2021 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/772886/china-authorizes-coast...

BEIJING - China passed a law on Friday that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters around China more choppy.