Coronavirus: free seafarer e-learning introduced

Coronavirus: free seafarer e-learning introduced
Martyn Wingrove 23 Mar 2020 https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/coronavirus-free-seafarer-e-l...

Seagull Maritime and Videotel have launched a new program advising mariners on methods of preventing infection and procedures to follow if they do become victim to this highly contagious virus

Unprecedented uncertainty sparks new ship finance conundrum

Unprecedented uncertainty sparks new ship finance conundrum
Dagfinn Lunde March 23rd, 2020 https://splash247.com/unprecedented-uncertainty-sparks-new-ship-finance-...

I’ve been in this wonderful shipping business for more decades than most and I can state categorically that I’ve never sensed greater uncertainty among shipowners than in the first few months of this decade.

Coronavirus sees Wallenius Wilhelmsen prune fleet and send ships into cold lay-up

Coronavirus sees Wallenius Wilhelmsen prune fleet and send ships into cold lay-up
Sam Chambers March 23rd, 2020 https://splash247.com/coronavirus-sees-wallenius-wilhelmsen-prune-fleet-...

Blue chip Norwegian roro shipowner Wallenius Wilhelmsen today detailed what it described as the “decisive steps” to prepare for a challenging time ahead thanks to the spread of Covid-19.

Global shipping soon to collapse. Because of madness, not coronavirus

Global shipping soon to collapse. Because of madness, not coronavirus.
Mikhail Voytenko March 22, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/03/22/global-shipping-soon-to-colla...

POEA restricts deployment of health workers; Licenses of landbased recruitment and manning agencies expiring on 15 March extended to 14 April

POEA restricts deployment of health workers
Samuel P. Medenilla - March 23, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/03/23/poea-restricts-deployment-of-he...

AMID the public health crisis in the country due to the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has “strictly regulated” the deployment of Filipino health-care workers abroad.

Shifting Realities: How the Covid-19 crisis will impact the maritime threat picture

Shifting Realities: How the Covid-19 crisis will impact the maritime threat picture
23/03/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shifting-realities-how-the-covid-19...

Maersk suspends 2020 guidance on earnings, citing COVID-19: Shipping giant cites global container demand uncertainties

Maersk suspends 2020 guidance on earnings, citing COVID-19: Shipping giant cites global container demand uncertainties

Jeremy Hainsworth / March 22, 2020 https://www.newwestrecord.ca/maersk-suspends-2020-guidance-on-earnings-c...

Global shipping giant Maersk (CPH:MAERSK-B) has suspended its 2020 full-year guidance on earnings citing the “severe impact” of COVID-19 on international transport market and supply chains.

German Cruise Ship Passengers Stranded in Cape Town Start Returning Home

German Cruise Ship Passengers Stranded in Cape Town Start Returning Home
Reuters March 22, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/22/world/africa/22reuters-health...

CAPE TOWN — Around 1,240 German passengers stranded in Cape Town after their cruise ship was quarantined for almost a week due to a coronavirus scare had either begun their journey home or would do so in the next day, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) said on Sunday.

Container ship MSC TALIA F attacked in Gulf of Guinea, 7 Ukrainian crewmen kidnapped

Container ship attacked in Gulf of Guinea UPDATE confirmed MSC ship attacked
Mikhail Voytenko March 22, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/03/22/container-ship-attacked-in-gu...

UPDATE: Confirmed it’s MSC TALIA F, 7 crew reportedly kidnapped out of total 17, all said to be Ukrainians. The ship resumed sailing at around 1115 UTC, AIS on, as of 1415 UTC she was approaching Libreville.

Seafarers must be exempt from travel bans, say ICS and ITF

Seafarers must be exempt from travel bans, say ICS and ITF
Anastassios Adamopoulos 19 Mar 2020 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1131587/Seafarers-...

A total of 100,000 seafarers have to change over each month.

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