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SafeMetrix Launches Online Maritime English Proficiency Tests
11-19-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/safemetrix-launches-online-...

SafeMetrix, a product line of Safebridge, expands its assessment portfolio with a fully online-based Maritime English Proficiency Test and Certification for Ratings and Operational Level Deck Officers in line with the STCW requirements and the latest maritime standards.

Piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa despite COVID nearly crushing global marine traffic
Katherine Dunn and Jeremy Kahn November 21, 2020

This August, the final captives held hostage by Somali pirates were finally released after an excruciatingly long captivity.
more...https://fortune.com/2020/11/20/pirates-gulf-of-guinea-maritime-trade-wes...

ITF welcomes return to international rules for Seafarers
Baibhav Mishra - November 19, 2020 https://seanews.co.uk/news/itf-welcomes-return-to-international-rules-fo...

Bunkering vessel hijacked in Gulf of Guinea
Jason Jiang November 19, 2020 https://splash247.com/bunkering-vessel-hijacked-in-gulf-of-guinea/

The piracy situation in the Gulf of Guinea continues to be critical with yet another hijacking incident occurring near south Lome this week.

Billions in New Cruise Ships Are Ready to Sail, With Nowhere to Go
Fran Golden November 17, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/almost-4-billion-in-n...

Around the world, cruise lines are cutting the ribbon on extremely expensive new vessels—then keeping them indefinitely docked.

Over 10K ‘returning overseas Filipinos’ got COVID-19
Jeremaiah Opiniano (Philstar.com) - November 19, 2020 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/11/19/2058010/over-10k-returning...

The Cloma legacy
Yashika F. Torib November 18, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/11/18/business/maritime-business/the-cl...

How does one carry on the legacy of a historical figure, to keep his torch burning, and have people remember his chronicles? Where do they begin and to what lengths would they uphold a name as legendary as Tomas Cloma?

When Ships Are Abandoned, Stuck Sailors Struggle to Get By—and Get Paid
Federico Formica November 17, 2020

“We are satisfied with little, but even that little is impossible today.”

37 crew changes at Subic hub in 2 months
Henry Empeño November 16, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/11/16/37-crew-changes-at-subic-hub-in...

Filipino seafarers leave the tugboat Jabbah, which transported them from their ship, the MV Dapeng Star, during the first crew-change operation in the Subic Bay Freeport on Thursday.

ITF Calls on Governments to Resolve Standoff in China for Crew Welfare
11-17-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/itf-calls-on-governments-to-r...