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Filipino crew member dies aboard Disney cruise ship
INQUIRER.NET U.S. Bureau / June 29, 2020 https://usa.inquirer.net/56036/filipino-crew-member-dies-aboard-disney-c...

MIAMI — A Filipino crew member with Disney Cruise Line as a painter aboard the Disney Wonder, died on June 23, after complaining of chills.

Eddie Burgos Ragodon visited the cruise ship’s medical center in recent days with chills, according to a fellow crew member who told the Miami Herald.

Indonesian shipping boss detained over bribery charges
Sam Chambers June 29, 2020 https://splash247.com/indonesian-shipping-boss-detained-over-bribery-cha...

Taufik Agustono, the president director of shipping company, PT Humpuss Transportasi Kimia, has been detained by anti-corruption authorities in Indonesia over an alleged bribery case.

Norwegian flag to allow bareboat charter registration and deregistration
Grant Rowles June 30, 2020 https://splash247.com/norwegian-flag-to-allow-bareboat-charter-registrat...

In a bid to become more competitive, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has announced that it is making regulatory amendments to allow bareboat registration in and deregistration from the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) and the Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR).

Insurers brace for human cost of pandemic
Paul Bartlett | Jun 29, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/insurers-brace-human-c...

Two webinars around last Thursday’s Day of the Seafarer drew attention to the misery of some 400,000 stranded seafarers who cannot return home to their families or, conversely, sign on for new employment.

Nearly 4,000 seafarers still stranded on board ships, await repatriation
28/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/nearly-4000-seafarers-still-strande...

While over 18,000 seafarers stranded at ports around the world have returned to India, an estimated 4,000, on board merchant vessels across the globe, are still at sea.

14 Filipinos missing after fishing boat collides with Chinese ship off Mindoro
JC Gotinga June 29, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/265131-fishermen-missing-boat-collides-ch...

(UPDATED) There are 14 Filipino crew missing after fishing boat Liberty Cinco collides with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship off Occidental Mindoro

Panama Safeguards Seafarers’ Rights During This World Health Crisis
29/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/panama-safeguards-seafarers-rights-...

U.K to Host International Summit on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Shipping Industry
June 27, 2020 https://www.hstoday.us/industry/u-k-to-host-international-summit-on-the-...

Shipping lines ordered to allot cargo space for food products
June 28, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1107291

Upward mobility in maritime training and education
Yashika F. Torib June 3, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/03/business/maritime-business/upward...

In a world where man is measured by his titles, accomplishments, connections and wealth, a few stood certain that their ultimate measure lies not in the long list of achievements but in the depth of passion on which their actions are anchored.