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Ship managers push for contract extensions as crew change crisis linger
25/05/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ship-managers-push-for-contract-ext...

In the midst of a crew change crisis that has gripped the global shipping industry, a top global ship management company has started pushing the Indian crew on some of the ships managed by it to sign extension of contracts.

Singapore Loosens Restrictions on Crew Changes
05-25-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/singapore-loosens-restriction...

Responding to the growing demand for crew change arrangements and the rising number of crewmembers stuck at sea, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that it is loosening its restriction on mariner movements through the seaport.

Kidnapped captain of Portugal-flagged ship freed-Bulgaria
May 25, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-benin-piracy-bulgaria/kidnapped-capta...

SOFIA (Reuters) - The Bulgarian captain of a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, has been freed, Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

1 missing after cargo ship hits fishing boat
DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA May 25, 2020 https://www.panaynews.net/1-missing-after-cargo-ship-hits-fishing-boat/

BACOLOD City – Authorities are searching for a fisherfolk. His boat sank after it was allegedly hit by a cargo ship in the seas dividing Victorias City, Negros Occidental and Ajuy, Iloilo.

The fisherman was identified as 42-year-old Marlon Adigue Sr., a resident of Sitio Pasil in Barangay VI-A, Victorias City.

Fire on board of cargo ship, Almeria, Spain
STEPAN KOTCHERGA May 25, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/05/25/fire-on-board-of-cargo-ship-a...

How gay seafarer Dyosa Makinista proved she's 'queen of the seas'
Don Kevin Hapal June 25, 2019 https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/233829-dyosa-makinista-gay-seafarer-pride

Confronting the new normal in seafaring
Ron Bridget T. Vilog May 02, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/ispeak/259609-opinion-confronting-new-no...

Royal Caribbean’s Filipino crew members ask court to order cruise line to send them home
Taylor Dolven May 22, 2020 https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article2429272...

Filipino crew members on Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Celebrity ships are asking a federal judge to order the company to send them home immediately.

Sorry plight of Indian seafarers: Neither are they able to sail, nor return home
25/05/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sorry-plight-of-indian-seafarers-ne...

Ship-management company, Synergy Marine Group, has been waiting in vain since May 12 for government permission to land a chartered flight in Mumbai to bring back 22 Indian seafarers from Denmark.

Explosion rocks chemical tanker on Yangtze River
Jason Jiang May 22nd, 2020 https://splash247.com/explosion-rocks-chemical-tanker-on-yangtze-river/

An explosion damaged the 2018-built chemical tanker Qiu Feng 6 on Wednesday and injured two crew members.

The incident occurred when the vessel was sailing near Wuhu on the Yangtze River. A video of the incident shows the crew possibly washing the tank when the explosion happened.