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MARINA issues 1-year extension to expiring STCW certificates
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz September 1, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1114037

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has extended anew the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) certificates of Filipino seafarers as a temporary measure amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

TSM Recruit: A pioneering app-based recruitment tool for seafarers
September 1, 2020 - https://www.philstar.com/business/biz-memos/2020/09/01/2038454/tsm-recru...

Singapore sets up floating crew holding facility and $736,000 crew change fund
Lee Hong Liang | Aug 31, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/casualty/singapore-sets-floating-crew-...

Singapore is establishing a floating Crew Facilitation Centre (CFC) with on-site medical provisions, as well as a SGD1m ($736,000) Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund.

Cruise industry’s billion-dollar question: what to do with the ships?
Alice Hancock 31 August 2020 https://www.ft.com/content/b0d09282-1559-4169-a3ec-92c12ebfb78e

With little appetite for sailings, the $150bn industry has tough decisions to make on its fleets

Global ship orders may take a decade to mend as crisis builds
Krystal Chia & Annie Lee / Bloomberg News August 30, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/08/30/global-ship-orders-may-take-a-d...

THERE’S hardly anyone buying new ships, with orders plunging to a 20-year low due to a potent combination of uncertainty over environmental regulations, the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of financing.

Concerns international seafarers came to shore for medical treatment without being tested for Covid-19
John Anthony Aug 27 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/122543232/concerns-internati...

Richard Everts, infectious disease specialist at Nelson Marlborough Health, at the Covid-19 testing site at Port Nelson.

'Ghost fleet' of empty cruise ships anchored off UK: Thousands flock for ferry trips out to ships
Craig Platt https://www.traveller.com.au/ghost-fleet-of-empty-cruise-ships-anchored-...

Island-wide protest planned as Mauritius PM feels the heat from the Wakashio disaster
Sam Chambers August 28, 2020 https://splash247.com/island-wide-protest-planned-as-mauritius-pm-feels-...

Three seamen die of suffocation while cleaning ship oil tank in Batangas
Aaron Recuenco August 11, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/11/three-seamen-die-of-suffocation-while-clean...

Three crewmen of a ship temporarily anchored off the waters of Calaca, Batangas died of suffocation while cleaning the oil tank on Monday, police said.

Next step in solving crew change crisis – branding seamen, calf-style
Mikhail Voytenko August 15, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/08/15/next-step-in-solving-crew-ch...