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300,000 seafarers still stuck on ships: 'We feel like hostages': "Sometimes we ate only bread and butter, just to fill our stomachs."
Mina Kaji 12 September 2020 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/300000-seafarers-stuck-ships-feel-hostag...

Ashchaye Mohitram has not set foot on land since early March.

He's been stuck on an MSC cruise ship since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cruise industry to shut down most global operations.

Seafarers Caught in ‘Perfect Storm’, Seafarer Rights Group Says
Mike Schuler September 11, 2020 https://gcaptain.com/seafarers-caught-in-perfect-storm-seafarer-rights-g...

Families of Gulf Livestock 1 crew member may be able to take legal action, maritime lawyer says
Andrew McRae, 11 September 2020 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/425772/families-of-gulf-livestock-1-...

A maritime lawyer says families of crew members on board the livestock ship that sank in international waters south of Japan last week could be able to take legal action.

Liners strike out at EU’s green shipping plans
Jason Jiang September 11, 2020 https://splash247.com/liners-strike-out-at-eus-green-shipping-plans/

Washington-based container shipping lobbying group, the World Shipping Council (WSC), has published a paper highlighting serious concerns for maritime trade and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the European Union proceeds as planned and expands its emissions trading system (ETS) to include international shipping.

5 repatriated seafarers arrive at Subic port
Joanna Rose Aglibot - September 11, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1334162/5-repatriated-seafarers-arrive-at-...

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT –– Five repatriated seafarers who were stranded aboard a cruise ship in Dapeng, China since April arrived in this Freeport on Thursday.

Families of missing Pinoy seafarers request rescue operations to continue
Leslie Ann Aquino September 10, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/10/families-of-missing-pinoy-seafarers-request...

The families of the 36 Filipino seafarers onboard a missing Panama-registered cargo ship that sank off the coast of Japan last week want the search and rescue operations to still continue, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

Crew mate aboard 20-ton cocaine cargo ship admits role in record $1 billion Philly port drug bust
Jeremy Roebuck September 10, 2020 https://www.inquirer.com/news/msc-gayane-cocaine-20-ton-philly-aleksanda...

Panic amid towering inferno at Beirut's port
Timour Azhari 10 September 2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/lebanon-massive-fire-erupts-beiru...

The site of the fire that broke out at Beirut's port area [Hussein Malla/AP Photo]

Critical Case of Stranded Seafarers Turns from Humanitarian Crisis to Vital Supply Chain Failure
September 10, 2020 https://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/critical-case-of-strand...
Six Months of Uncoordinated Covid Quarantines Leaves Potential Shortage of Essentials

Missing Filipino seafarers' families struggle to keep hope alive
Tristan Nodalo, Sep 10, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2020/9/10/Missing-Filipino-seafarers--...