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Captain and Officers of MSC Opera to be Jailed Over 2019 Accident
02-09-2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/captain-and-officers-of-msc-o...

Four years into voyage and metres from land, tanker crew still stuck aboard
Reuters Staff February 9, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/emirates-oil-tanker-int-idUSKBN2A91NS

DUBAI (Reuters) - Nearly four years into their odyssey at sea, the five-member crew of oil tanker MT Iba is tantalisingly close to shore, yet still unable to set foot on dry land.

The boy-captain who mastered Philippine waters
Yashika F. Torib February 10, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/10/business/maritime-business/the-bo...

MARK Saladino clearly remembers the day he became a ship captain.

Cyprus calls for global approach to seafarer vaccinations
David Glass | Feb 10, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/opinions-analysis/port-worker-vaccinat...

Cyprus has formally proposed a practical, global approach to delivering Covid -19 vaccinations to seafarers in response to the worldwide crew change crisis.

Seafarers and identifying key workers
Michael Grey | Feb 09, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/opinions-analysis/seafarers-and-identi...

“We are essential workers – you are not quite so important – they are non-essential and must take their chances with everyone else”.

The Panama Maritime Authority Supports Seafarers On Panamanian Flag Vessels And Nationals On Foreign Flags
08/02/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-panama-maritime-authority-suppo...

Search Ends for Filipino Crew Member Lost off German Coast
Associated Press Feb. 8, 2021 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-02-08/search-ends-for-fi...

Rescuers have ended their search for a 24-year-old Filipino crew member who fell from a cargo ship off the German coast during a North Sea storm over the weekend.

Container shipping sector navigates Covid pandemic
09/02/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/container-shipping-sector-navigates...

Maritime container freight shipping is steaming ahead through the Covid-19 pandemic, boosted by strong demand for Chinese exports and a shortage of vessels according to industry experts.

MSC Ends "ANASTASIA" Cargo Ship Ordeal With Crew Change in Japan
February 9, 2021, https://us.acrofan.com/detail.php?number=418892

GENEVA, SWITZ / ACCESSWIRE, Feb 9, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Following months of repeated appeals by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company to allow a change of crew on ANASTASIA, a cargo ship which had been stuck off the coast of China since September, MSC has effectively resolved the matter, avoided a humanitarian crisis onboard and mitigated the related safety risks.

97% of funds for assistance for critically impacted shipping firms distributed, PPA says
Arjay L. Balinbin, February 8, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/97-of-funds-for-assistance-for-critically-i...

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said it had released about 97% of the allocated budget for the financial assistance for the shipping companies or operators that had been critically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.