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New Report Finds Connectivity Crucial to Seafarers’ Future Welfare Needs
July 14, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/new-report-finds-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-...

Thetius report, sponsored by Inmarsat, finds digital crew welfare services will be central to shipping’s ability to deliver fairer conditions for global seafarers

Gov't urged to increase inbound flights, quarantine facilities for returning seafarers
July 16, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/16/business/govt-urged-to-increase-i...

NBI probe of midshipman’s death sought
Erwin M. Mascariñas - July 15, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1459792/nbi-probe-of-midshipmans-death-sought

PAINED FAREWELL Crying for justice, the family of 19-year-old Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadet Jonash Bondoc brings his cremated remains for burial at a Butuan City cemetery on Tuesday. An upperclassman has been arrested and charged with homicide over Bondoc’s death. —ERWIN MASCARIÑAS

Pandemic delays OCEA's P1.5 B shipyard project
July 14, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/14/business/maritime/pandemic-delays...

THE Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has pushed back the planned P1.5 billion investment of French shipbuilder OCEA to build a shipyard in the Philippines, according to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina).

Personal Remittances Rise by 6.6% YoY to US$13.7 Billion in January - May 2021
July 13, 2021 https://www.bsp.gov.ph/SitePages/MediaAndResearch/MediaDisp.aspx?ItemId=...

Shell faces growing Covid cases on North Sea platform
Adis Ajdin July 14, 2021 https://splash247.com/shell-faces-growing-covid-cases-on-north-sea-platf...

Shell is looking at additional setbacks at its Shearwater production hub in the UK North Sea with now close to 120 people linked to a Covid-19 outbreak. Last week, the company confirmed 15 people tested positive for the virus along with 70 close contacts since the first case was identified on June 30.

Container congestion registered in every corner of the planet
Sam Chambers July 14, 2021

The state of global container congestion continues to roil supply chains right across the world.

Seafarers draw support from chaplains – research
July 14, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/14/business/maritime/seafarers-draw-...

SEAFARERS of different faiths and no faith rely on support from port chaplains in coping with what is often dangerous work in challenging institutionalized workplace settings, research from Cardiff University has found.

Third country seamen required to have visa or residence permit
12 July 2021 https://news.err.ee/1608274386/third-country-seamen-required-to-have-vis...

Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise assessed that Estonian state agencies are violating the law if they do not require third country seamen working on Estonian vessels to have an Estonian residence permit or visa to go with registration of temporary work.

Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Rudy Romero July 13, 2021 https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/359539

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The department that needs to be created is a Department of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. There are a number of reasons why such a new Cabinet entity is needed, apart from the fact that the Philippines is one of the few maritime countries that do not have a Cabinet-level office devoted to fisheries.