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Cruise ship in port to repatriate crew
14 July 2020 https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/cruise-ship-in-port-to-repatriate-...

PHILIPSBURG--Cruise ship Independence of the Seas will be in port today, Wednesday, to repatriate her crew. This is the second cruise ship in the past week to utilise Port St. Maarten to facilitate repatriating her crew back to their home countries.

Financial lessons from a seafarer’s wife
Yashika F. Torib July 15, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/07/15/business/maritime-business/financ...

'Mental health crisis' of cargo ship workers stuck at sea
Amanda Cropp Jul 15 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122102394/mental-health-crisis-of-cargo...

Seafarer welfare groups warn of a growing mental health crisis on cargo ships where crews have gone months without setting foot ashore.

Video: Two Cargo Ships in Head-On Collision on Welland Canal
07-12-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/video-two-cargo-ships-in-head...

2 accidents in SEA: cargo ship broke in two, sank; cargo ship collided with fv
Mikhail Voytenko July 14, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/07/14/2-accidents-in-sea-cargo-shi...

General cargo ship sank in Gulf of Tonkin
General cargo ship in load broke in two and sank at night Jul 13, rough weather said to be the cause. All crew were rescued by nearby fishing vessel, they’re safe.

The Philippines as a maritime power hub
Thomas M. Orbos July 13, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/07/13/the-philippines-as-a-maritime-p...

Crew change blah blah
Splash 24/7 July 13, 2020 https://splash247.com/crew-change-blah-blah/

The UK crew change summit has yielded nothing to fix the seafarer repatriation issue, warns an irate Frank Coles from the Wallem Group.

ILO welcomes COVID-19 seafarers’ rights agreement
July 12, 2020 https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/07/12/ilo-welcomes-covid-19-seafarers-ri...

he International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .

Extreme weather changes and the seafarer’s health
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO -| July 14,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/326718/extreme-weather-changes-and-th...

Seafarers have to brave storms, typhoons and high waves during the vessel’s journey which could have dramatic impact on quality of their life at sea.

ITF in Canada shows seafarers the way home
Sam Chambers July 13, 2020 https://splash247.com/itf-in-canada-shows-seafarers-the-way-home/

Seafarers must speak up and then they can be repatriated, argues a senior name within the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today.

Peter Lahay, the national coordinator for the ITF in Canada, has been defending seafarers rights for 30 years, and is adamant that stranded crew must do more to make their voices heard and get home.