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Seafarers abandoned in Kenya face bleak Christmas
16/12/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-abandoned-in-kenya-face-b...

Ten seafarers from the Ra-Horakthy fishing vessel, abandoned in Mombasa, Kenya for the past nine months, face a bleak Christmas as efforts to seek legal redress and repatriation have been delayed.

Charter Vessels ‘Auctioned’ as War Among Carriers Heats Up
Mike Wackett December 16, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/charter-vessels-auctioned-as-war-among-carriers-hea...

The consultant said: “As 2021 draws to a close, it will be remembered as a historic year for the container charter market, with an all-time high demand, a continuously tight supply and record-breaking charter rates.”

Robredo says gov't should help seafarers become deck officers
Dec 16 2021 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/16/21/robredo-govt-should-help-seafarer...

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said government should help seafarers become deck officers with higher salaries through a cadetship program.

#OdettePH: 338 passengers, 302 vessels stranded in Central Visayas
Delta Dyrecka Letigio December 15,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/417422/odetteph-338-passengers-302-ve...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 338 passengers and 302 sea vessels are currently stranded in the different ports in Cebu due to Typhoon Odette.

Two drunk seafarers arrested after fatal collision off Sweden
Adis Ajdin December 14, 2021 https://splash247.com/two-drunk-seafarers-arrested-after-fatal-collision...

Two crew members of the UK-flagged cargo vessel Scot Carrier have been arrested after they were found to be over the legal limit for alcohol at the time of a collision with the Danish cargo ship Karin Høj in the Baltic Sea that killed at least one seafarer.

Seafarer shot and others kidnapped from containership in Gulf of Guinea
Nick Savvides 14/12/2021 https://theloadstar.com/crew-kidnapped-from-cma-cgm-vessel-in-gulf-of-gu...

Up to nine crew members on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea are thought to have been kidnapped, while another is being treated for a bullet wound in the leg.

The 21-year-old CMA CGM-chartered Tonsberg was attacked by pirates some 48 nautical miles south-west of Luba, at around 4pm UK time yesterday.

5550-TEU container ship attacked, 6 crew kidnapped, Gulf of Guinea UPDATE
Mikhail Voytenko December 14, 2021 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/12/13/5550-teu-container-ship-atta...

Dec 14 UPDATE: Crew reportedly, consists of Polish, Ukrainian and Filipino nationalities, number of kidnapped seamen yet unclear, most probably 6, but number 9 was also mentioned. Understood at least 1 crew who escaped kidnapping was wounded during attack.

General cargo ship heavily listed, abandoned, South China sea
Mikhail Voytenko December 14, 2021 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/12/14/general-cargo-ship-heavily-li...

FAME elects new officers, seafarer-focused projects eyed
December 15, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/12/15/business/maritime/fame-elects-new...

Newly elected FAME president Capt. Gaudencio Morales

A Pinoy seafarer’s ‘epiphany’
Malou Talosig-Bartolome December 12, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/12/12/a-pinoy-seafarers-epiphany/

Returning OFWs stick their necks out in PHL market, start own business amid pandemic

FOR 37 days that he had to spend inside a “world-class” jail inside a cruise ship in Japan, Lourence Tan de Leon had an epiphany of sorts.