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Nearly 150 crew members on Costa Atlantica cruise ship test positive for coronavirus
Nicquel Terry Ellis, Morgan Hines 27 April 2020 https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/04/27/coronavirus-cru...

More than 100 crew members on board the Italian-operated Costa Atlantica have tested positive for COVID-19.

Revealed: 100,000 crew never made it off cruise ships amid coronavirus crisis
Erin McCormick and Patrick Greenfield 30 Apr 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/no-end-in-sight-1000...

Guardian investigation finds workers stranded on at least 50 ships with Covid-19 outbreaks, limited medical equipment, some without pay, and no end in sight

OECD warns against shipping industry bailouts that offload risk to public
April 30, 2020 https://container-mag.com/2020/04/30/oecd-warns-against-shipping-industr...

The International Transport Forum (ITF), part of the OECD, has cautioned governments against bailouts of container shipping lines that create a “moral hazard”, externalise risks to the public and generate a “race to the bottom” on regulation, subsidies and tax exemptions.

'No risk to the public': Shipping Australia hits out at COVID-19 restrictions
Tom Major 30 April 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-04-30/covid-19-restrictions-eased...

International seafarers pose little risk to the public and port access restrictions imposed by some states are not in line with national recommendations, an industry lobby claims.

Ten cruise ships with over 3,000 Pinoy crew still in Manila Bay
April 29, 2020 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/736177/ten-cruise-ships-with-...

234 STRANDED WV OFWS HOMEBOUND
Ime Sornito - April 28, 2020 https://www.panaynews.net/234-stranded-wv-ofws-homebound/

ILOILO City – Stranded in Metro Manila for nearly two months, 234 Western Visayan overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are finally coming home. The ship transporting them left the Port of Manila at around 6 p.m. last night.

After two weeks of mandatory self-quarantine, 584 seafarers are ready to go home to their provinces
Alexandria Dennise San Juan April 29, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/04/29/after-two-weeks-of-mandatory-self-quar...

Over 500 Filipino seafarers who have completed their 14-day mandatory quarantine period are set to go back home to their provinces, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Wednesday.

1 of 5 seafarers returning home to Misamis Occidental found with coronavirus antibodies
Divina M. Suson, Leah Agonoy - April 29, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1266888/1-of-5-seafarers-returning-home-to...

ILIGAN CITY—One of the five seafarers who arrived at the Ozamiz City port past 9 p.m. on Tuesday (April 28) tested positive for coronavirus before he was brought to a quarantine facility.

Virus-hit ship on its way to PH from Australia
CNN Philippines Staff Apr 28, 2020 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/28/ruby-princess-cruise-ship-...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 28) — A coronavirus-hit cruise ship previously docked in Australia is heading to the Philippines, along with a hundred Filipino crew members.

Mixed welcome awaits seafarers returning to hometowns in Mindanao
Leah D. Agonoy, Richel V. Umel -April 28, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1266178/mixed-welcome-awaits-seafarers-ret...

ILIGAN CITY—More than 50 seafarers are returning to their homes in different Mindanao areas to a mix of warm welcome and anxious acceptance by local leaders.