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Over 10K ‘returning overseas Filipinos’ got COVID-19
Jeremaiah Opiniano (Philstar.com) - November 19, 2020 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/11/19/2058010/over-10k-returning...

The Cloma legacy
Yashika F. Torib November 18, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/11/18/business/maritime-business/the-cl...

How does one carry on the legacy of a historical figure, to keep his torch burning, and have people remember his chronicles? Where do they begin and to what lengths would they uphold a name as legendary as Tomas Cloma?

When Ships Are Abandoned, Stuck Sailors Struggle to Get By—and Get Paid
Federico Formica November 17, 2020

“We are satisfied with little, but even that little is impossible today.”

37 crew changes at Subic hub in 2 months
Henry Empeño November 16, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/11/16/37-crew-changes-at-subic-hub-in...

Filipino seafarers leave the tugboat Jabbah, which transported them from their ship, the MV Dapeng Star, during the first crew-change operation in the Subic Bay Freeport on Thursday.

ITF Calls on Governments to Resolve Standoff in China for Crew Welfare
11-17-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/itf-calls-on-governments-to-r...

Shipping bodies unite to brighten up Christmas for seafarers
November 17, 2020 https://shipinsight.com/articles/shipping-bodies-unite-to-brighten-up-ch...

To support seafarers this Christmas in what has been an exceptionally challenging year, a group of maritime organisations are collaborating on a campaign called #SeafarersDeliveringChristmas.

SHIPPING NEWS: Seafarers sometimes constrained by coronavirus
Peter Ziobrowski 18 November 2020 https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/local-business/shipping-news-...

Imagine being stuck on a ship at sea for over a year.

A recent inspection of a container ship calling in Halifax found two seafarers from Madagascar who had been onboard for 18 months, well in excess of normal contract length.

IMO Meeting Renews Pledge for Seafarers as Key Workers
11-17-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/imo-meeting-renews-pledge-for...

Crew rescued as cargo ship sinks on Huangpu
Wu Ruofan 2020-11-17 https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2011179973/

A cargo ship carrying two people and 800 tons of steel sank on the Huangpu River in Yangpu District on Tuesday morning.

After receiving a mayday call about water leakage at 9:55am, emergency teams were dispatched by maritime officials. Two crew members on board were rescued.

The ship sank near the Sanpi seafood pier in Yangpu at 10:51am.

Cargo ship attacked, probably Aframax crude oil tanker
Mikhail Voytenko November 17, 2020

Cargo ship was attacked at 0420 UTC Nov 17 in Gulf of Guinea some 60 nm due south from Lome Togo. The ship wasn’t identified, but according to tracks of the ships in the area, it is most probably, Aframax tanker SKS DONGGANG (IMO 9461855), en route from Namibia to Lagos Nigeria. If it’s SKS DONGGANG, she may well escape, or so it looks from her track, meaning she escaped boarding. Awaiting ship’s ID confirmation, more details.