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Carnival Cruise boss banks on safety measures
Jonathan Josephs 21 Nov 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55022158

The boss of the world's biggest cruise company has told the BBC new safety measures can help the $150bn (£113bn) a year industry to get going again.

The hugely profitable business has been brought to its knees by coronavirus after regulators around the world stopped ships from sailing to try and limit outbreaks.

Border controls leave an army of invisible workers trapped on floating sweatshops
Geoff Thompson and Benjamin Sveen 21 Nov 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-21/maritime-workers-left-floating-in...

Ronbert Bibat had been trapped inside the rusty belly of a lumbering 39,000-tonne cargo ship for well over a year.

Impact of COVID on the human rights of seafarers
DLA Piper November 19 2020 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=08bc25ab-80ac-4b09-81f2-9...

Since 2017, our offices in the Middle East have been working, on a pro bono basis, with the charitable UK-based NGO, Human Rights at Sea, whose focus is on ending human rights abuse throughout the maritime environment.

Livestock carrier with undeclared crew banned from French waters
STEPAN KOTCHERGA November 20, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/11/20/livestock-carrier-with-undec...

Maritime Piracy, A Resurgent Business And Other Threats To Shipping: How The Insurance Industry Handling The Arising Issues
20/11/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-piracy-a-resurgent-busines...

Shipping industry welcomes IMO decision to give further consideration to USD 5 billion fund to accelerate decarbonization
Nov 20 2020 https://ajot.com/news/shipping-industry-welcomes-imo-decision-to-give-fu...

SafeMetrix Launches Online Maritime English Proficiency Tests
11-19-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/safemetrix-launches-online-...

SafeMetrix, a product line of Safebridge, expands its assessment portfolio with a fully online-based Maritime English Proficiency Test and Certification for Ratings and Operational Level Deck Officers in line with the STCW requirements and the latest maritime standards.

Piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa despite COVID nearly crushing global marine traffic
Katherine Dunn and Jeremy Kahn November 21, 2020

This August, the final captives held hostage by Somali pirates were finally released after an excruciatingly long captivity.
more...https://fortune.com/2020/11/20/pirates-gulf-of-guinea-maritime-trade-wes...

ITF welcomes return to international rules for Seafarers
Baibhav Mishra - November 19, 2020 https://seanews.co.uk/news/itf-welcomes-return-to-international-rules-fo...

Bunkering vessel hijacked in Gulf of Guinea
Jason Jiang November 19, 2020 https://splash247.com/bunkering-vessel-hijacked-in-gulf-of-guinea/

The piracy situation in the Gulf of Guinea continues to be critical with yet another hijacking incident occurring near south Lome this week.