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Container crunch upends global food trade while ships queue at U.S. ports
Brendan Murray, Isis Almeida, Ann Koh and Michael Hirtzer/Bloomberg Feb 3, 2021 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/03/world/food-shipping-global-...

Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty shipping containers.

BI: PH emerging as shipping crew hub
https://manilastandard.net/news/national/346112/bi-ph-emerging-as-shippi...

The Philippines is emerging as a major hub of crew change for international sea vessels, according to the Bureau of Immigration as it processed and cleared last year more than 112,000 seafarers who joined or left their ships.

Rapid, inexpensive testing is the real solution to the crew change Covid-19 crisis
February 2, 2021 https://splash247.com/rapid-inexpensive-testing-is-the-real-solution-to-...

Mitul Dave from AlphaRize Management on one way to ensure seafarers can get home.

OceanShield raises $800,000 to stop maritime cyber attacks
02 February 2021 https://www.thedigitalship.com/news/maritime-satellite-communications/it...

Maritime Lessons from a Watershed Year
02/02/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/maritime-lessons-from-a-watershed-y...

With COVID-19 testing improving and vaccine roll-out accelerating, there is much to feel hopeful about in 2021 for a maritime industry learning from its 2020 experiences, writes Paul Jennings, Chief Executive of North P&I Club.

On seafarers’ rights, the pandemic and the climate crisis
Carlos C. Salinas February 3, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/03/business/maritime-business/on-sea...

Eagle Bulk Ship Escapes Pirate Attack in Gulf of Guinea
Mike Schuler February 1, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/eagle-bulk-ship-escapes-pirate-attack-in-gulf-of-gu...

A bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping is reported safe and its crew unharmed after a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea.

Philippines ends temporary ban on international crew change
Marcus Hand | Feb 01, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/philippines-ends-tempo...

The Philippines has ended its temporary ban on international crew change for seafarers from vessels which had called at a list of 36 nations.

Male seafarers as victims of sexual harassment
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO - February 02,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/361782/male-seafarers-as-victims-of-s...

Male seafarers can be the subject of sexual harassment while working on board the vessel entitling them to moral damages. Sexual harassment can happen to anyone and everyone.

Rapid, inexpensive testing is the real solution to the crew change Covid-19 crisis
February 2, 2021 https://splash247.com/rapid-inexpensive-testing-is-the-real-solution-to-...

Mitul Dave from AlphaRize Management on one way to ensure seafarers can get home.