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PH embassies in Oslo, Copenhagen look after Filipino seafarers
Roy Mabasa August 23, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/23/ph-embassies-in-oslo-copenhagen-look-after-...

The Embassies in Oslo and Copenhagen have stepped up their consultations with the management and owners of cruise ships employing Filipinos as crew members amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) that severely affected the shipping industry worldwide.

Villanueva pushes for opening of PH ports for faster deployment of seafarers
Bong Lozada August 22, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1325686/villanueva-pushes-for-opening-of-p...

MANILA, Philippines—Senator Joel Villanueva is pushing for the reopening of airports and seaports to assist in the faster crew changes of Filipino seafarers and avert a potential two-year deployment drought.

Ocean Rebellion climate action group launches with protest against cruise ship
Karen McVeigh 21 Aug 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/21/ocean-rebellion-clim...

State Media Reports 14 Missing After Cargo Ship and Tanker Collide Off Shanghai
August 20, 2020 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2020/08/20/579708.htm

BEIJING— An oil tanker carrying 3,000 tonnes of gasoline collided with a cargo ship near Shanghai on Thursday, leaving 14 people missing, state media reported.

Renewed Restrictions Again Denying Seafarers’ Right Say InterManager
08-21-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/renewed-restrictions-again-de...

MCTC Urges Industry To Pull Together For Seafarers Benefit
21/08/2020

International catering management and training business, MCTC, has urged the industry to pull together to aid seafarers’ overall wellbeing. The comments are in response to the Seafarers Happiness Index which indicates that seafarers are feeling additional pressure and stress due to the unsustainable levels of additional tasks required, to ensure maximum hygiene on vessels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philippines embassy welcomes 2nd group of Filipino seafarers to Denmark
Zazithorn Ruengchinda • August 20, 2020

The Ambassador of Philippine H.E. Leo M. Herrera-Lim welcome second group of seafarers. Photo: Philippines Embassy in Denmark.

BI sends home nearly 10,000 foreign seafarers
Jun Ramirez August 21, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/08/21/bi-sends-home-nearly-10000-foreign-seafarers/

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has already sent back to their home countries nearly 10,000 foreign seafarers who were stranded for many weeks aboard cruise ships that were anchored at the Manila Bay since April due to the coronavirus pandemic.

PH protests China’s ‘illegal confiscation’ of Filipino fishermen’s ‘payaos’ in Scarborough
Christia Marie Ramos August 21, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/190332/ph-protests-chinas-illegal-conf...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Thursday filed a diplomatic protest against China over the “illegal confiscation” of fish aggregating devices installed by Filipino fishermen in a Philippine-claimed shoal off Zambales.

How a global shipping loophole left a potentially dangerous cargo in Beirut
Lena Obermaier and Lauranne Duffaut August 19, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/19/how-global-shipping-l...

‘Flags of convenience’ can leave ships and their owners with little regulatory oversight