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Merchant ship accosted by unknown craft in security incident in Gulf of Oman
Jennifer Gnana 1 Jan 2022 https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/shipping/...

11 crew, including Pinoy held on ship hijacked by Yemen rebels — UAE
AFP January 11, 2022 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/news/817701/11-crew-includin...

UNITED NATIONS - A ship hijacked by Yemeni rebels in the Red Sea has 11 crew on board from five countries, the United Arab Emirates told the United Nations Security Council president on Monday.

Greek islanders block ship full of construction materials for migrant camps
ANSA 2022/01/10 https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/37728/greek-islanders-block-ship-fu...

Local residents of Lesbos and Chios have prevented a ship carrying building materials and machinery for the construction of migrant camps from docking. The Greek government plans to build "Closed and Controlled Access Centers" on both islands.

UAE denounces Houthis’ hijacking of affiliated cargo ship in letter to Security Council
Sami Hegazi 11 Jan 2022 https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/01/10/uae-denounces-houthis-hijacking-of...

Ship’s crew consists of 11 people of different nationalities, including 7 from India

The US is spending billions of dollars deepening port harbors to make room for 'mega' container ships that are only getting bigger
Hannah Towey

The Ever Ace, the world's largest cargo ship, is as long as four football fields and can carry over 23,000 containers.

Container ships like this one have more than doubled in size over the past decade. While the massive vessels can hold more Amazon orders than you can imagine, the rapid growth presents a problem for US ports — the ships can't fit into most harbors.

New Sea Change Fund to provide grants for seafarers in crisis
Sam Chambers January 7, 2022 https://splash247.com/new-sea-change-fund-to-provide-grants-for-seafarer...

Maritime charity Sailors’ Society has launched a new fund to provide urgent welfare grants for seafarers and their families in desperate need.

Omicron VS the seafarer
31/12/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/omicron-vs-the-seafarer/

2019 December sounds so long ago! Yes, that was the time we heard about the COVID virus, and which many of us naively believed to be a hype by the media, and the ensuing impact it was having on the general populace in the world, as well as travel between countries.

SBMA earns P65.73M from crew-change program
Charlene A. Cayabyab January 08, 2022 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1917556/pampanga/local-news/sbma-earn...

THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has generated a total of P65.73 million in income from participating in the government’s crew-change program, which facilitated the safe and speedy travel of Filipino and foreign seafarers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Cases Explode on Cruise Ships: 163 Positive Crew Members on Jewel of the Seas as the Cruise Industry Sputters . . . . to . . . a . . Stop?
Jim Walker January 8, 2022 https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2022/01/articles/disease/covid-19-cases-ex...

New York port hustles to cut rare logjam amid COVID labor woes
Brendan Murray• Bloomberg News • January 8, 2022 https://www.stripes.com/covid/2022-01-08/ny-port-hustles-cut-logjam-amid...

NEW YORK (Tribune News Service) — The Port of New York and New Jersey is working to clear a small but rare bottleneck of container ships anchored off the coast of Long Island as COVID-19 cases among dockworkers collide with a pandemic-fueled surge in cargo volumes.