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COVID-19’s Impacts on American Maritime Infrastructure

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:55 — helmsman

COVID-19’s Impacts on American Maritime Infrastructure
January 25, 2021 https://www.marinelink.com/news/covids-impacts-american-maritime-484800

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Global Companies Sign Declaration on Seafarer Welfare and Crew Change

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:53 — helmsman

Global Companies Sign Declaration on Seafarer Welfare and Crew Change
01-25-2021 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/global-companies-sign-declara...

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How will seafarers fare once automated ships take over? Scientists predict the future

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:44 — helmsman

How will seafarers fare once automated ships take over? Scientists predict the future
National Korea Maritime and Ocean University January 25, 2021 https://phys.org/news/2021-01-seafarers-fare-automated-ships-scientists....

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Pirates kill 1, kidnap 15 crew on Turkish ship off West Africa

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:40 — helmsman

Pirates kill 1, kidnap 15 crew on Turkish ship off West Africa
24 Jan 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/24/pirates-off-w-africa-kill-1-kid...

Vessel was sailing from Lagos to Cape Town when it was attacked northwest of Sao Tome and Principe.

Pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one, and Turkey’s military was planning a rescue operation on Sunday.

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Mental health and honey badgers: No laughing matter

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:35 — helmsman

Mental health and honey badgers: No laughing matter
January 25, 2021 https://splash247.com/mental-health-and-honey-badgers-no-laughing-matter/

Christian Ayerst, CEO of Mental Health Support Solutions, writes for Splash demanding organisational change ashore and at sea.

I’m a fairly tough guy. I can sleep for five hours – and be relatively lucid the next day. I run ultra-marathons. I’ve been bitten by a honey badger and lived to tell the tale.

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Marina chief, 14 others contract COVID

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:26 — helmsman

Marina chief, 14 others contract COVID
January 23, 2021 | http://tempo.com.ph/2021/01/23/marina-chief-14-others-contract-covid/

Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) Administrator Robert Empedrad and 14 other personnel have caught COVID-19.

“At least 15 individuals at the Central Office of the Maritime Industry Authority in Manila have tested positive for the coronavirus disease or COVID-19,” Empedrad said Friday.

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Marina gears for national systems modernization

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:23 — helmsman

Marina gears for national systems modernization
Yashika F. Torib January 20, 2021 https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/01/20/business/maritime-business/marina...

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) prepares for a national modernization of its systems as part of the four-year roadmap under its Maritime Industry Development Plan (MIDP).

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MARINA regulates ships’ harmful anti-fouling paints, systems

Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:21 — helmsman

MARINA regulates ships’ harmful anti-fouling paints, systems
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz January 19, 2021 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127871

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has issued new rules and regulations on the application of anti-fouling paints and systems in ships to prevent the use of harmful substances.