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Passenger ships allowed to travel under GCQ areas told to reduce capacity by half
Betheena Unite May 20, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/05/20/passenger-ships-allowed-to-travel-unde...

Passenger ships allowed to resume operations in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) must only travel with 50 percent of the ship’s regular capacity, the Maritime Industry Authority said.

From 30K to 47: Deployment of OFWs plunges as nations grapple with COVID-19
Neil Arwin Mercado - May 22, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1279307/from-30k-to-47-deployment-of-new-o...

After weeks in isolation, quarantined seafarers plead for COVID-19 test results
Kristine Joy Patag - May 21, 2020 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/05/21/2015539/after-weeks-isolat...

MANILA, Philippines — Seafarers isolated in a quarantine hotel in Pasay City are pleading for the government to release the results of their COVID-19 test and allow them to go home to their families.

80 seafarers arrive in Bacolod, to undergo 14-day quarantine
Carla Gomez - May 21, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1278925/80-seafarers-arrive-in-bacolod-to-...

BACOLOD CITY –– Eighty seafarers repatriated due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic arrived at the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. Port on Wednesday.

Some of them initially refused to be placed under quarantine, but eventually obliged.

Floating confinement: Why the Philippines is a magnet for idled cruise ships
May 23rd 2020

And why thousands of crew members are still waiting impatiently to disembark

Cyprus ship management sector thrives through crisis
Andrew Rosenbaum May 22, 2020 https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/05/22/cyprus-ship-management-sector-makes-u...

Cyprus’ ship management sector has continued to do well during the coronavirus crisis, according to Captain Eugen Adami, CEO of the Limassol ship-owning and ship management firm Mastermind.

Stranded cargo ship’s mostly Filipino crew fighting for $355K in back wages
May 20, 2020 https://usa.inquirer.net/55178/stranded-cargo-ships-mostly-filipino-crew...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — The 21 mostly Filipino crew members of the cargo ship Evolution, which has been detained off the tip of Charleston peninsula since late January 2020, want to be paid back wages from the proceeds of a proposed sale of the vessel.

Hunger Strike At Sea as 100,000 Cruise Ship Crew Members Are Stuck on Boats Amid Pandemic
May 19, 2020 https://www.insideedition.com/hunger-strike-at-sea-as-100000-cruise-ship...

Thousands sign petition to support stranded seafarers
Sam Chambers May 20th, 2020 https://splash247.com/thousands-sign-petition-to-support-stranded-seafar...

More than 5,000 people have signed the global petition Seafarers Matter (http://www.seafarersmatter.com/) aiming to draw the attention of the general public to the problems of the hundreds of thousands of seafarers who cannot leave or join ships due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ship attacked in Gulf of Guinea, probably boarded
Mikhail Voytenko May 20, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/05/20/ship-attacked-in-gulf-of-guin...