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Steve Cameron 22/04/2020 https://theloadstar.com/an-ode-for-seafarers-stranded-during-the-coronav...

When we go to the shops with all the food on the shelves,
We buy what we want, in sixes and twelves.

Fifteen Seafarers Abandoned on Ship Without Rudder
ITF 05-13-2020

Fifteen seafarers have been abandoned on a Spanish-flagged ship that does not have a rudder. The crewmembers have been left without electricity, lights, wi-fi, refrigeration, GPS, security or safety lights on MV Celanova (IMO 9268394), reports the ITF.

With batteries running low on their mobile phones, the crew, trapped 13 nautical miles out at sea, have been making calls for urgent assistance as the vessel is running dangerously low on fuel and diesel oil and the food, fresh water and medicines.

28,000 sailors can go home
Genivi Factao May 13, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/05/13/news/top-stories/28000-sailors-ca...

MORE than 28,000 seafarers stranded in Manila can finally return to their provinces, the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) said.

Another seafarer tests positive for COVID-19 in Negros Occidental
Glazyl Masculino May 12, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/05/12/another-seafarer-tests-positive-for-co...

BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Occidental has recorded another case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing its total to seven.

China’s place in the world maritime economy post-coronavirus under the microscope
May 12th, 2020 https://splash247.com/chinas-place-in-the-world-maritime-economy-post-co...

Protecting seafarers and the global supply chain during Covid-19
Mary Beth Gallagher | May 12, 2020 http://news.mit.edu/2020/protecting-seafarers-and-global-supply-chain-du...

Professor Thomas Peacock is a member of the UN Global Compact Task Force urging coordinated international response for offshore and shipping industries.

Manning agencies seek P3.5-B fund for seafarers
Genivi Factao May 13, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/05/13/business/maritime-business/mannin...

Seafarers are also among those most affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. PHOTO FROM FASMARITIME

Little hope of returning home for seafarers stranded at sea amid lockdown
Shreegireesh Jalihal | May 13, 2020 https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/little-hope-of...

Limited supplies, seasickness and a repatriation plan that comes with several complications has made life particularly hard for this lot

Seafarer died of heart attack, health certificate shows
May 12, 2020

A HEALTH certification from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that the seafarer who was found dead inside a ship docked in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City over the weekend died of heart attack and not related to Covid-19.

Findings from the Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) in Northern Mindanao showed that the patient died of acute myocardial infarction, the medical term for heart attack.

The certification further stated that the cause of death was non-infectious.

300 Pinoy seamen from UK come home; local infections top 11,000
May 11, 2020 https://www.bworldonline.com/300-pinoy-seamen-from-uk-come-home-local-in...

A TOTAL of 299 seafarers from the United Kingdom have come home amid a novel coronavirus pandemic that has sickened 4.2 million and killed more than 284,000 people worldwide, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.