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Crew of Bulker Vienna Wood Held at Batangas as Homicide Case Proceeds
07-16-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/crew-of-bulker-vienna-wood-he...

A Philippine court has placed a "hold departure order" on the crew of the Hong Kong-flagged bulker Vienna Wood N while a criminal case against her officers and her ship manager proceeds. All 20 crewmembers will be required to stay at Batangas Port until further notice.

Stakeholders bemoan criminalisation of seafarers
16/07/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/stakeholders-bemoan-criminalisation...

Stakeholders in the shipping sector have decried the criminalisation of seafarers whenever issues in a vessel arise, noting that such acts have psychological implications on the essential workers.

600,000 seafarers now snared in crew change crisis: ITF
Sam Chambers July 17, 2020 https://splash247.com/600000-seafarers-now-snared-in-crew-change-crisis-...

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) now estimates that there are approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis caused by Covid-19 border and travel restrictions, and an equal number of unemployed seafarers waiting to join them who are ashore.

Extreme weather changes and the seafarer’s health
Dennis Gorecho - July 16, 2020 http://www.panaynews.net/extreme-weather-changes-and-the-seafarers-health/

SEAFARERS have to brave storms and high waves during the vessel’s journey, and this could have a dramatic impact on the quality of their lives at sea.

The job entails laborious manual tasks conducted in a moving ship along with the sudden change of climate and temperature as the vessel crosses territories.

The regulatory changes needed for seafarers post-coronavirus
July 16, 2020 https://splash247.com/the-regulatory-changes-needed-for-seafarers-post-c...

The Maritime CEO Leader Series powered by Ocean Technologies Group returns to your screens today. For the next six weeks we will be bringing you a mini-series focused exclusively on seafarers sponsored by the Wallem Group.

HDO issued vs ship crew in Mindoro sea mishap
Robertzon Ramirez - July 16, 2020 https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/07/16/2028262/hdo-issued-vs-ship-cr...

MANILA, Philippines — A local court has issued a hold departure order (HDO) against officials of the Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel MV Vienna Wood that collided with Filipino fishing boat Liberty 5 in the waters off Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro on June 27.

Sanctioned Oil Tanker Hijacked And Taken To Iran
Tsvetana Paraskova - Jul 15, 2020 https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Sanctioned-Oil-Tanker-Hijacke...

An oil tanker tied to a sanctioned Iranian individual and under arrest in UAE waters has recently left the UAE port in violation of a Prohibition to Sail notice and has been hijacked, seafarers’ organization Human Rights at Sea told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Italian coastguard and cargo ship ‘ignored stricken migrant boat’
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo 15 Jul 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/italian-coastguard-and-car...

Aerial pictures by NGO show vessels a mile away from migrants left drifting for more than 40 hours

The Gulf of Guinea is now the world’s worst piracy hotspot
Jun 29th 2019 https://www.economist.com/international/2019/06/29/the-gulf-of-guinea-is...

PH crew change woes still unresolved
Genivi Factao July 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/07/15/business/maritime-business/ph-cre...

Manning agencies are still finding it difficult to effect “crew change” in the country, citing the apparent lack of coordination between implementing agencies and the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).