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Families of missing Pinoy seafarers request rescue operations to continue
Leslie Ann Aquino September 10, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/10/families-of-missing-pinoy-seafarers-request...

The families of the 36 Filipino seafarers onboard a missing Panama-registered cargo ship that sank off the coast of Japan last week want the search and rescue operations to still continue, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

Crew mate aboard 20-ton cocaine cargo ship admits role in record $1 billion Philly port drug bust
Jeremy Roebuck September 10, 2020 https://www.inquirer.com/news/msc-gayane-cocaine-20-ton-philly-aleksanda...

Panic amid towering inferno at Beirut's port
Timour Azhari 10 September 2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/lebanon-massive-fire-erupts-beiru...

The site of the fire that broke out at Beirut's port area [Hussein Malla/AP Photo]

Critical Case of Stranded Seafarers Turns from Humanitarian Crisis to Vital Supply Chain Failure
September 10, 2020 https://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/critical-case-of-strand...
Six Months of Uncoordinated Covid Quarantines Leaves Potential Shortage of Essentials

Missing Filipino seafarers' families struggle to keep hope alive
Tristan Nodalo, Sep 10, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2020/9/10/Missing-Filipino-seafarers--...

Coronavirus ‘worst crisis for seafarers in 200 years’: Sailors' Society
Anne Kalosh | Sep 09, 2020 https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/crew-crewing/coronavirus-worst-crisis-se...

Sailors’ Society said overwhelming numbers of seafarers have been seeking help from the charity since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Flag states attacked for weak stance on crew change
Sam Chambers September 10, 2020 https://splash247.com/flag-states-attacked-for-weak-stance-on-crew-change/

The crew change crisis shows no sign of abating, still affecting some 600,000 seafarers either stranded at sea or waiting for employment on land.

After a series of tremendous shipping casualties hogged the maritime media headlines in the last five weeks, the crew change issue is now getting back onto the agenda.

Two crew kidnapped from reefer vessel off Lagos
Jason Jiang September 9, 2020 https://splash247.com/two-crew-kidnapped-from-reefer-vessel-off-lagos/

The 1992-built reefer vessel Water Phoenix was boarded by pirates off Lagos on Tuesday and two of the crew are believed to have been kidnapped.

Japan halts search for crew of capsized freighter, several Filipino seamen still missing
Sep 10 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/10/20/japan-halts-search-for-crew-of-ca...

MANILA - Japanese authorities have halted their full-time search operations for missing crew of a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon in the East China Sea last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

Many furloughed Pinoy cruise ship workers seen idle till 2021
Recto Mercene September 7, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/09/07/many-furloughed-pinoy-cruise-sh...

MAJORITY of the furloughed Filipino cruise ship mariners are expected to remain jobless until the end of 2020 going into March of 2021 as major cruise lines operators have cancelled their scheduled operations this year, although some of the ships will start only by March 2021.