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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.

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.