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Bulk carrier detained at Antwerp’s Liberation Dock highlights continued crew change difficulties
Sam Chambers February 5, 2021 https://splash247.com/bulk-carrier-detained-at-antwerps-liberation-dock-...

The plight of the crew onboard the Anhui bulk carrier highlights both the ongoing crew change crisis and subsequent supply chain kinks.

Tapiit livestreams mass from Philippines to seafarers thousands of miles away
Marcus Hand | Jan 21, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/tapiit-livestreams-mas...

Online training provider Tapiit Live live streamed a mass from the Philippines to seafarers on a vessel sailing from America.

Chinese captain gets 26-year jail term over killings at sea
01/29/2021 https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202101290023

Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) The Kaohsiung District Court on Friday sentenced a Chinese national to 26 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of ordering the killing of four pirates at sea in 2012 while serving as the captain of a Taiwanese fishing vessel.

Wang Fengyu (汪峰裕), 43, was convicted of homicide and for violations of the Controlling Guns, Ammunition and Knives Act, the court said.

Maritime decarbonisation must start at maritime academies
January 29, 2021 https://splash247.com/maritime-decarbonisation-must-start-at-maritime-ac...

David Hume, the founder of The Liquid Grid, looks at how America’s next generation of seafarers could lead world shipping to a greener future.

Maritime decarbonisation won’t happen without adoption of low-carbon energy technologies.

China’s latest weapon against Taiwan: The sand dredger
February 7, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/chinas-latest-weapon-against-taiwan-the-san...

ON BOARD the Taiwan Coast Guard Ship PP-10062, East China Sea — Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. China’s weapon? Sand.

Container shipping sector navigates COVID-19 pandemic
07 Feb 2021 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/container-shipping-sector-...

LONDON: 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.

8 rescued from distressed vessel off Batanes
Villamor Visaya Jr. - February 06, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1392746/48-rescued-from-distressed-vessel-...

Myanmar coup puts crewing agents on edge
Sam Chambers February 1, 2021 https://splash247.com/myanmar-coup-puts-crewing-agents-on-edge/

The military coup in Myanmar overnight has sent shockwaves through the Southeast Asian shipping community.

The army has ousted the Aung San Suu Kyi-led government and vowed to take charge for at least the next 12 months.

While the country’s ports remain open today, the main airport at Yangon is closed.

Manpower agency working for repatriation of seaman’s remains
February 5, 2021 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/774816/manpower-agency-...

Elburg Shipmanagement Philippines Incorporated, the manpower agency of the Filipino seaman who died when heavy seas slammed into the ship he was working in, said on Friday that it was coordinating with authorities for the repatriation of the victim's remains.

IMO welcomes Neptune Declaration on seafarers
06/02/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imo-welcomes-neptune-declaration-on...