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DOLE order for manning agencies to pay for seafarers’ lodging hit
Tina G. Santos - June 02, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1284646/dole-order-for-manning-agencies-to...

PAL brings home 345 Pinoy seafarers from Barbados
June 07, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/188258/pal-brings-home-345-pinoy-seafa...

50k Pinoy seafarers still onboard ships
Vito Barcelo June 08, 2020 https://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/news/national/325490/50k-pinoy-...

Between 40,000 to 50,000 Filipinos seafarers were stuck on board cargo ships and waiting for their replacement crews after international ports around the globe were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to migrant and recruitment expert Emmanuel Geslani.

Coronavirus: is this the end of the line for cruise ships?
Alice Hancock 7 June 2020

It has survived norovirus, Sars and Mers, as well as regular outbreaks of gastroenteritis and legionnaires disease. But coronavirus has dealt the cruise ship industry what looks like a crippling blow.

Shipping industry warns of trade logjam as crews remain stranded
Peggy Hollinger, Robert Wright and Michael Pooler 8 June 2020 https://www.ft.com/content/4f2e33a6-e1f7-407f-b2af-8aac31e0d8ee

The international shipping industry has warned of a threat to global trade from a mounting crisis on board merchant vessels, with up to 400,000 crew stranded either at sea or at home by travel restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

First crew change under new Singapore guidelines
Marcus Hand | Jun 08, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/first-crew-change-unde...

A full crew change has been conducted in Singapore using new guidelines developed by the industry and authorities, with seafarers on chartered flights.

MAERSK container ship disabled by explosion, UPDATE Jun 8
NIKOLAY TORKIN June 8, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/06/06/maersk-container-ship-disabl...

Shipmanagers accelerate crew repatriation
Sam Chambers June 5th, 2020 https://splash247.com/shipmanagers-accelerate-crew-repatriation/

More and more reports of shipmanagers carrying out successful crew changes are filtering in to the Splash newsdesk.

Growing Calls on Governments to Aid Crew Changes
06-05-2020 https://maritime-executive.com/article/growing-calls-on-governments-to-a...

Crew in the Philippines undergoing required health checks - courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard

Coronavirus strands merchant ship crews at sea for months
05/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/coronavirus-strands-merchant-ship-c...

For nearly four months, Capt. Andrei Kogankov and his oil tanker crew haven’t set foot on dry land. With global travel at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian captain was forced to extend his normal contract. He still doesn’t know when he’ll be able to go home.