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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.”

Europe still open to seafarers
20/05/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/europe-still-open-to-seafarers/

Seafarers around the world can still travel to Europe to join vessels – even from countries facing fresh Covid-19 outbreaks such as India, where daily cases hit more than 300,000 in mid-May.

Chinese seafarers to get access to new single-dose vaccine
Sam Chambers May 20, 2021 https://splash247.com/chinese-seafarers-to-get-access-to-new-single-dose...

The China Shipowners’ Association has written to transport and health authorities in Beijing to make a recently approved local single-shot Covid-19 vaccine available for seafarers at 11 major ports across the People’s Republic.

Maritime legal courses for developing countries delivered online
May 21, 2021 https://www.miragenews.com/maritime-legal-courses-for-developing-countri...