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Tanker explosion kills seafarer and injures six others off Hong Kong
Gary Dixon 19 April 2022 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casualties/tanker-explosion-kills-seafare...

A seafarer has been killed and another six crew members injured following a blast on a product tanker off Hong Kong.

Marina deactivates TWG on seafarer vaccination program
Yashika F. Torib April 20, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/04/20/business/maritime/marina-deactiva...

South Korea seeks overseas workers to churn out giant orderbook
Grant Rowles April 20, 2022 https://splash247.com/south-korea-seeks-overseas-workers-to-churn-out-gi...

Like Japan before it, South Korea’s shipbuilding sector is having to get Seoul to ease immigration rules to fill in holes in its local workforce.

‘It’s probably worse than Wuhan’: Experts warn China’s COVID-19 lockdowns will once again cripple global supply chains
Will Daniel April 19, 2022 https://fortune.com/2022/04/19/china-covid-lockdown-cripple-global-suppl...

Experts are warning China’s recent string of COVID-19 lockdowns is about to send another shock through global supply chains.

Container shipping could rebound by late April as Covid eases in China, shipping investment firm exec says
Chelsea Ong Apr 19 2022 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/mandarin-shipping-on-the-outlook-for-the...

The container shipping industry could see a “very strong” pickup starting late April as the Covid situation in China eases, Tim Huxley, founder of Mandarin Shipping, told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Monday.

Cause of ship fire remains mystery
April 18, 2022 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1926684/cebu/local-news/cause-of-ship...

Container ship on fire, abandoned, Chief Engineer died – Cebu anchorage
Mikhail Voytenko April 17, 2022 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2022/04/17/container-ship-on-fire-abando...

Maersk Says No To China Meat And Fish Exports
Ann Koh/Bloomberg April 16, 2022 https://gcaptain.com/maersk-says-no-to-china-meat-and-fish-exports/

AP Moller-Maersk A/S, one of the biggest shipping lines in the world, has stopped bookings to ship refrigerated containers into Shanghai as a strict Covid lockdown stalls the trucking of meat and seafood from the port into the city.

Shanghai lockdown: Disruption grows to logistics, shipyards and production
Marcus Hand, Katherine Si | Apr 18, 2022 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/shanghai-lockdown-disruptio...

While the world’s largest container port remains operational it is becoming increasingly congested, as trucking is severely constrained and warehouses closed since late March.

Two ships hit by fatal fires in Asian waters
Adis Ajdin April 18, 2022 https://splash247.com/two-ships-hit-by-fatal-fire-in-asian-waters/

Explosions aboard two ships in Asian waters have left two crewmembers dead and nine others injured.