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Maersk joins US vaccination program for seafarers
SØREN PICO 21.05.21

Seafarers working aboard several Maersk vessels have, according to business daily Børsen, been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the US as part of an American vaccination program for seafarers.

Crews from several Maersk vessels have been vaccinated in the US under the country's voluntary vaccination program for seafarers, writes Danish business daily Børsen.

Long working hours kill 745,000 people a year, WHO and ILO estimate
May 19, 2021 https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/21257-long-working-hour...

Geneva — The annual number of heart attack and stroke deaths linked to working long hours rose nearly 30% worldwide between 2000 and 2016, according to estimates from the World Health Organization and International Labor Organization.

ILO to release new analysis of labour market and social trends
21 May 2021 https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_793091/lang-...,

GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will publish a new edition of its World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021 (WESO Trends), which looks at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global labour market and the prospects for recovery.

Unions break off wage talks with offshore drillers in Norway
Adis Ajdin May 21, 2021 https://splash247.com/unions-break-off-wage-talks-with-offshore-drillers...

Three labour unions representing thousands of Norwegian offshore rig workers broke off wage negotiations with the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association on Thursday as the parties were too far apart.

New Kidnappings as Efforts Grow to Stop Gulf of Guinea Piracy
May 20, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/new-kidnappings-as-efforts-gr...

COSCO bulk carrier breached in fuel tank area, oil spill, Sakhalin CORRECTION
Erofey Schkvarkin May 22, 2021

Concerned Sri Lankan authorities demand blaze-hit boxship heads out to sea
Sam Chambers May 22, 2021 https://splash247.com/concerned-sri-lankan-authorities-demand-blaze-hit-...

Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) has instructed the master of the fire struck X-Press Pearl to move the ship from its anchorage off Colombo and head out of Sri Lankan waters.

Vaccination Efforts Accelerate for Seafarers
MAY 21, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/vaccination-efforts-accelerat...

Container Fire on Vessel off Sri Lanka
MAY 21, 2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/photos-container-fire-on-vess...

Seafarer crew crisis ‘only going to get worse’: Impact of high COVID-19 numbers in India among reasons for concern, says ICS official
May 20, 2021 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/seafarer-crew-crisis-only-going-to-get...

An International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) official warns American Shipper that the maritime industry’s ongoing crew change crisis is “only going to get worse.”