Death toll in China's oil tanker explosion rises to 19

Death toll in China's oil tanker explosion rises to 19
14th June 2020 https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/jun/14/death-toll-in-chinas-...

About 166 injured people are undergoing treatment in hospitals, the publicity department of the city of Wenling said.

BEIJING: The death toll in the oil tanker explosion in east China's Zhejiang Province has risen to 19, the local authorities said on Sunday.

As oil prices crashed, tankers idled off California—spewing pollution for weeks

As oil prices crashed, tankers idled off California—spewing pollution for weeks
Alejandra Borunda June 12, 2020

This scrum of oil tankers, right next to the Los Angeles basin, emitted tons of air pollutants and CO2 while they were parked.

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers

As Ports Slowly Open, Ships Look to Replace Exhausted Seafarers
Krystal Chia Jun 16 2020

Shipping companies encouraged to use crew change form

Shipping companies encouraged to use crew change form
16/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-companies-encouraged-to-us...

BIMCO is joining the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) in a call to encourage shipping companies or masters to fill in a Crew Change Report Form launched by ICS and thereby help encouraging Governments to facilitate crew change throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘Save Our Seas,’ hip hop anthem for ASEAN solidarity

‘Save Our Seas,’ hip hop anthem for ASEAN solidarity
Boying Pimentel - June 15, 2020 https://usa.inquirer.net/55726/save-our-seas-hip-hop-anthem-for-asean-so...

Maritime lawyer Dennis Gorecho- KUWENTONG KULE: Activism is not terrorism

KUWENTONG KULE: Activism is not terrorism
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO - | June 16,2020 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/318536/kuwentong-kule-activism-is-not...

Activism is not terrorism.

Despite the gloomy weather, people flocked to the UP Diliman campus last June 12 for a “Grand Mañanita” protest to celebrate the country’s 122nd Independence Day, notwithstanding law enforcers’ warnings on violations of quarantine regulations.

ITF Tells Seafarers to Stop Work as Crew Change Deadline Passes

ITF Tells Seafarers to Stop Work as Crew Change Deadline Passes
Mike Schuler June 15, 2020 https://gcaptain.com/itf-tells-seafarers-to-stop-work-as-crew-change-dea...

The International Maritime Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has taken the unprecedented move of telling the world’s seafarers to stop working if their employment contracts have expired and they are awaiting repatriation home.

Stranded at Sea in The Time of Corona

Stranded at Sea in The Time of Corona
Laura Millan Lombrana, Laura Hurst and Jack Wittels June 14, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-14/stranded-at-sea-in-th...

Spanish fisherman Josu Bilbao boarded a Qatar Airways flight headed for the Seychelles in January, just as he had done for the past 15 years. Ahead of him, four uninterrupted months of hauling tuna out of the glistening Indian Ocean.

Crew change sham exposed

Crew change sham exposed
Mikhail Voytenko June 12, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/06/12/crew-change-sham-exposed/

Seafarer is 2nd COVID-19 case in Davao del Sur town

Seafarer is 2nd COVID-19 case in Davao del Sur town
Eldie S. Aguirre - June 13, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1291210/seafarer-is-2nd-covid-19-case-in-d...

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — A 40-year-old seafarer who arrived from the United States mid-April and then went to his hometown last week became the second COVID-19 case in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur.

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