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MSC Cruises Starts COVID-19 Vaccination Program for Crew
May 01, 2021 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24909-msc-cruises-starts-...

MSC Cruises announced today that it has started a fleet-wide COVID-19 vaccination program for all its crew members.

The roll-out saw its first step Captain of the MSC Bellissima Giuseppe Maresca and all crew saw their vaccinations take place on Friday.

Manhunt under way for foreign ship crew member in Townsville
Angus Thompson May 2, 2021 https://www.smh.com.au/national/manhunt-underway-for-foreign-ship-crew-m...

A manhunt is under way for a crew member of a live exports carrier in Townsville who reportedly absconded onto dry land and breached quarantine rules.

House panel starts debating bills regulating shipping rates
Arjay L. Balinbin May 2, 2021 https://www.bworldonline.com/house-panel-starts-debating-bills-regulatin...

THE HOUSE Transportation Committee started discussing on Friday two proposed measures seeking to regulate the charges imposed by international shipping lines.

Ever Given's Suez Canal blockage still disrupting global shipping
KAZUTO SHIMADA and TAKESHI KUMON, May 2, 2021 https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Ever-Given-s-Suez-Canal-blockag...

High sea freight rates and traffic jams force exporters to try air, rail routes

Journalists, seamen to join belated Labor Day strike action
30.04.2021 • https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1160381/journalists-seamen-to-join-bel...

Reimposing seafarer travel bans threatens global vaccination push
Natalie Shaw 30 Apr 2021

The International Chamber of Shipping says requiring proof of vaccination before letting crews leave ships to return home will put seafarers in a Catch-22 scenario — unable to disembark until they are vaccinated, but not able to get vaccinated without leaving the vessel

Greek Ship Crew Returns Home after 15 Month China Sea Ordeal
Paula Tsoni April 30, 2021 https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/30/greek-ship-crew-repatriated-from-ch...

Singapore Bars Ship Crew Changes From More South Asian Nations
Marcus Wong 1 May 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-01/singapore-bars-ship-c...

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Japan ship owner asks cargo owners to share Suez damage cost
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 1, 2021 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14341201

The Japanese owner of a massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, halting billions of dollars in maritime commerce, is asking owners of the freight it is carrying to share the cost of the damages demanded by Egyptian authorities.

Myanmar sailor, 21, dies in Hong Kong following accident aboard ship at Tsing Yi container terminal
Clifford Lo, 30 Apr 2021 https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/04/30/myanmar-s...

A sailor died in a Hong Kong industrial accident early on Wednesday after he was hit by a metal shackle that had broken loose while working on a cargo vessel docked at a Tsing Yi container terminal.