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Some Pinoys catch COVID-19 on ship stuck off San Francisco: cruise operator
Mar 08 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/08/20/filipino-crew-members-positive-co...

MANILA — (UPDATE) Several Filipino crew members of a cruise ship off the coast of San Francisco, California tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the vessel's operator said Sunday (Manila time).

Maritime security needs assessment in the Philippines
06 March 2020 http://en.portnews.ru/news/292528/

Needs assessment missions are one of the ways in which IMO can support member States in effective implementation of IMO's maritime security measures, at the country's request. IMO says the Philippines is the first country in the ASEAN region to undergo an IMO security needs assessment. The intention is to enhance maritime security on a long-term basis and offer any needed capacity building.

Meet the all-female cruise crew making history on International Women's Day
Joanna Booth 8 March 2020 • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/articles/the-all-female-bridg...

US coronavirus cases top 400 as outbreaks grow on a cruise ship, in a nursing home and near New York
Christina Maxouris, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, March 8, 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/07/health/coronavirus-outbreaks-saturday...

(CNN)The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States continued to mount on Saturday, bringing the nationwide total to more than 400. At least 19 people have died.

Human-caused error leads to death of ship crew
Sohaila Ahmed, 8 March 2020 https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2020/03/08/human-caused-error-leads-to-dea...

The Sharjah Criminal Court has adjourned case ruling of two suspects, who are responsible of the death of a ship’s full crew.

Details of the incident date back to February, 2017, when a ship went off course and rammed into a breakwater that made it sink and killed its crew.

China's Fortune Hero cargo ship gets clearance to enter Visakhapatnam sea coast
Pavan Kumar Bandari 8 March 2020 https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/chinas-fortune-hero-cargo-sh...

India’s attempt to provoke China over Da Cui Yun incident must be countered
Liu Zongyi 2020/3/8 https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1181914.shtml

Chinese vessel Da Cui Yun has made Indian headlines once again. According to the Hindustan Times, Hong Kong-registered cargo ship Dai Cui Yun with China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, bound for Port Qasim in Karachi, Pakistan, had been detained by Indian security and customs authorities at Deendayal Port, Kandla, Gujarat on February 5.

Coronavirus: Australia relaxes seafarer service rules
David Osler 06 Mar 2020

Australia will allow shipowners to extend seafarer tours of duty beyond the 11-month ceiling set down in the Maritime Labour Convention where the coronavirus makes this necessary, the Australian Maritime Safety Agency announces

‘We will consider requests from shipowners and operators for individual cases where foreign seafarer repatriation and service periods have been impacted by travel restrictions and quarantine measures,’ AMSA statement says

Cruise ship crew pepper spray brawling passengers over feared mutiny onboard holiday vessel marooned in the Caribbean for three days in fresh coronavirus panic
Darren Boyle 29 February 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8059197/Cruise-ship-crew-pepper...

Greek ship targeted by pirates off Guinea; one crew missing
06.03.2020 http://www.ekathimerini.com/250331/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-ship-...

Apart from a Filipino national who is missing, the remaining 21 crew of a Greek-flagged chemical tanker that was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa on Thursday were reportedly in good health on Friday and the ship was heading to Lagos, Nigeria.