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CPA celebrates Maritime Archipelagic Nation Awareness month
September 16, 2021 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1907423/Cebu/Local-News/CPA-celebrate...

Vessels now waiting up to three weeks for Californian berth space, boxship queue surpasses 60
Sam Chambers September 16, 2021 https://splash247.com/ships-now-waiting-up-to-three-weeks-for-california...

Report: Smugglers Defraud IMO to Create Fake IDs for Blacklisted Ships
Sep 10, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/report-smugglers-defraud-imo-...

In a new report released Thursday, researchers at the security think tank C4ADS identified nearly a dozen vessels that have evaded UN sanctions by "laundering" their identities with fake IMO registrations.

Seafarer shortage: shipowners warned of existential threat after pandemic
16 September 2021 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/insight/seafarer-shortage-shipowners-warn...

London International Shipping Week conference told that conditions for crews must improve or maritime career will be rejected by young people

CARGO SHIP CREW TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 OFF NEWCASTLE
Samantha Poate September 15, 2021 https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/09/15/cargo-ship-crew-test-positive-for-...

New South Wales Health is assessing a cargo ship off the coast of Newcastle with 11 COVID patients on board.

Testing carried out on the 21 crew members of the MV Spirit Ho-Ping found more than half had contracted the virus.

Only one person on the ship has been vaccinated.

Man dies in cylinder blast at Chittagong shipyard
Adis Ajdin September 15, 2021 https://splash247.com/man-dies-in-cylinder-blast-at-chittagong-shipyard/

A gas cylinder explosion killed one worker at a shipyard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong in Bangladesh yesterday.

The incident happened at Mother Steel Shipyard in the Kumira area of the upazila at around 10.00 hrs local time. According to local papers, the blast occurred when workers were unloading cylinders from a truck.

DFA launches online appointment for seafarers
Yashika F. Torib 15 Sept 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/15/business/maritime/dfa-launches-on...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a special Online Appointment System (OAS) for the passport processing of active seafarers and other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Useful idiots in shipping
Mikhail Voytenko September 15, 2021 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/09/15/useful-idiots-in-shipping/

Golden Ray shipwreck: Crew member's bad maths sank cargo ship carrying thousands of cars, report finds
Tim Baker 15 Sept 2021 https://news.sky.com/story/golden-ray-shipwreck-crew-members-bad-maths-s...

AIDA Denies Plans to Use AIDAbella as Quarantine Ship for Crew
September 14, 2021 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/25846-aida-denies-plans-t...

AIDA Cruises has denied that it had plans to use its 2,030-passenger ship AIDAbella as a ”quarantine ship” for crew members.

“No, this is not true,” AIDA’s press department told Cruise Industry News. “There are no concrete plans for the AIDAbella now.”