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Worker on board Diamond Princess says crew are at greater risk of coronavirus
Vedika Sud, Matt Rivers, Mick Krever and Helen Regan February 13, 2020

Yokohama, Japan (CNN)A crew member aboard the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan said she fears the crew are at greater risk of being exposed to the outbreak because they are not being quarantined in the same way as the passengers and are having to continue working to take care of the guests.

The missing link in Malaysia’s maritime industry
Rosli Khan - February 12, 2020 https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2020/02/12/the-missin...

Malaysia could easily be the top maritime nation in southeast Asia. It is surrounded by sea on both sides, including the two Borneo states.

The dawn of the data age in maritime: Baltic Exchange and GeoSpock white paper
11/02/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/the-dawn-of-the-data-age-in-maritim...

Amid Coronavirus Scare, Cargo Ship From China To Sail Into Kolkata Today
Monideepa Banerjie February 13, 2020

Cleared to sail to Kolkata, the ship with 19 Chinese crew members is likely to dock at the port at around 5:30 pm where the crew will once again undergo thermal scanning to test if anyone has fever. more.... https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-coronavirus-scare-cargo-ship-genius...

S. Korean ship seized by Indonesian Navy for violating territorial waters
February 11, 2020 https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200211006300325

JAKARTA/SEJONG, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier with two South Koreans and a dozen other crewmembers aboard has been seized by the Indonesian Navy on suspicion of violating territorial waters, Seoul officials said Tuesday.

Coronavirus Toll on Shipping Reaches $350 Million a Week
Costas Paris Feb. 10, 2020

Falling volumes and canceled sailings hit container shipping, bulk operators face falling industrial demand

Diminished trade as a result of the coronavirus outbreak is costing container shipping lines $350 million a week in lost volumes, a new report says, as declining activity in China begins to take a deeper toll on maritime operations from shipyards to carriers of bulk commodities.

COSCO cargo ship under search, “missile-like” machinery spotted, India
Mikhail Voytenko February 11, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/02/11/cosco-cargo-ship-under-searc...

Antique’s first PUI tests negative for coronavirus
Annabel Consuelo Petinglay February 11, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093437

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The first person under investigation (PUI) in Antique has tested negative for the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD), the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) said on Monday.

Filipino seaman’s death on nCoV-delayed cruise ship not linked to virus
INQUIRER.NET U.S. Bureau / February 10, 2020 https://usa.inquirer.net/50878/filipino-seamans-death-on-ncov-delayed-cr...

Filipino seafarers arriving from China banned from disembarking amid nCoV threat
Betheena Unite February 10, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/02/04/filipino-seafarers-arriving-from-china...

Filipino seafarers will have to endure staying on their vessels and not seeing their families when they reach their home ports as the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) banned them from doing so amid the novel coronavirus (nCoV) threat.