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Coronavirus: Filipino cruise ship workers serve quarantine in luxury, but joblessness awaits
Reuters 11 May, 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3083889/coronaviru...

Another Crew Member Has Died on Another Cruise Ship
Emrys Thakkar May 11, 2020 https://www.cruisehive.com/another-crew-member-has-died-on-another-cruis...

A crew member has died on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas, the fourth to die on different ships within the past 10 days, not from COVID-19.
Four Crew Members Have Died

Two crew abducted from cargo ship off Equatorial Guinea
Jason Jiang May 11th, 2020 https://splash247.com/two-crew-abducted-from-cargo-ship-off-equatorial-g...

The 1993-built 8,900 dwt cargo ship Rio Mitong was attacked by pirates off Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday and two crew members were kidnapped.

Why are many of our seamen still stranded at Manila Bay
TIMI NUBLA ANCX | May 11 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/05/11/20/why-are-many-of...

They’re tired, homesick, and have been on quarantine for days on end. After bringing in so much money to the economy, is this the welcome they deserve?

Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages
Joy Damousi May 11, 2020 https://theconversation.com/fleas-to-flu-to-coronavirus-how-death-ships-...

One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships – deadly carriers of COVID-19 – at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared.

Philippine shipping company pays $45,000 for sinking Vietnamese boat
Nguyen Quy May 11, 2020 https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/philippine-shipping-company-pays-45-00...

The owner of a Philippine cargo ship has paid $45,000 in compensation to a Vietnamese fisherman for ramming and sinking his boat on May 1.

Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world's trade afloat
Karen McVeigh 11 May 2020

‘Ticking time bomb’ as contracts aren’t honoured and ports stop crews going ashore even for urgent medical care

Quarantine flags
May 9, 2020 https://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/quarantine-flags

SEARSPORT — Staff at the Penobscot Marine Museum delved into the maritime history of quarantines in the museum’s May newsletter.

Indonesia Demands Investigation Into Sea Burials of Indonesian Crew on Chinese Fishing Vessel
NUR YASMIN MAY 08, 2020 https://jakartaglobe.id/news/indonesia-demands-investigation-into-sea-bu...

Jakarta. The Foreign Affairs Ministry has demanded that the Chinese government investigate the burials at sea of Indonesian crew working on a Chinese fishing vessel.

Crew of diverted tanker will face one month’s quarantine before they can get home
Sam Chambers May 8th, 2020 https://splash247.com/crew-of-diverted-tanker-will-face-one-months-quara...

The China Dawn, the aframax that altered course from Singapore to India on Tuesday at the behest of the ship’s master, will arrive in Kochi next Thursday where the disembarking crew will not be able to get home for another month.