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Do Crew Members Ever Get Time to Themselves?
July 31, 2021 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/25583-do-crew-members-eve...

Crew members are rarely seen not looking their polished best on cruise ships – from tidy uniforms to attentive behaviours and big smiles.

It would be easy to assume that this is crew members’ natural state thanks to a good work-life balance.

Two crew killed in attack on Israeli-managed tanker off Oman
30 Jul 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/30/ship-operated-israeli-billionai...

Zodiac Maritime says the incident involved Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned, Liberian-flagged oil tanker, and is still being investigated.

Cargo ship ordered to leave US waters after insects found
AP July 29, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/business-insects-8ab7c5bc3c07dca05ad2a70fb750...

Federal agents near New Orleans ordered a cargo ship to leave the U.S. after an inspection found wood infested with a type of Asian beetle that has been destroying trees in the U.S. for about 25 years.

2 crew members of sea vessel quarantined off Albay coast test positive for COVID Delta variant
Mar S. Arguelles - July 29, 2021 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1466577/2-crew-members-of-sea-vessel-quara...

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Why the world is about to run out of seafarers
Lloyd's List 28 Jul 2021 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1137706/The-Lloyds...

International Chamber of Shipping secretary-general Guy Platten joins Lloyd’s List editor Richard Meade to discuss the release of the new BIMCO/ICS Seafarer Workforce Report and what is says about the current situation for those working at sea

Covid-19: Mattina mariner stable in hospital
Louisa Stey l Jul 29 2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/125902715/covid19-ma...

The Covid-19-infected crew member from the Mattina who was taken to Southland Hospital is in a stable condition, the Ministry of Health says.

Ship's crew in isolation after death on board
Jolene Toves 28 July 2021 https://www.postguam.com/news/local/ships-crew-in-isolation-after-death-...

Crew members of a ship that arrived on Tuesday have been kept from close contact with Port Authority of Guam operations personnel after the ship pulled into port with a crew member who died at sea.

Cosco retrofits open-hatch cargo ship to carry more containers
Martina Li in Taiwan 21/07/2021 https://theloadstar.com/cosco-retrofits-open-hatch-cargo-ship-to-carry-m...

To help overcome the shortage of containerships, Cosco Shipping Lines has retrofitted an open-hatch cargo ship belonging to affiliate Cosco Shipping Specialised Carriers.

Legislation consequent to convention obligation
ATTY. BRENDA V. Pimentel July 28, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/07/28/business/maritime/legislation-con...

Union demands release of Wakashio crew
Nidaa Bakhsh 27 Jul 2021 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1137699/Union-dema...

International Transport Workers’ Federation union urges release of the crew who were on board the bulker Wakashio that grounded on a coral reef off Mauritius in July last year