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Seafarers' unprecedented year a testament to importance of human rights on the oceans
David Hammond 24 December 2020 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/seafarers-unprecedented-year-a-te...

Action vital to ensure better 2021 for the world's overlooked key worker — the seafarer
Andrew Wright 24 December 2020 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/opinion/action-vital-to-ensure-better-202...

The pandemic has made this a gruelling year for crews. Mission to Seafarers’ secretary general Andrew Wright reflects on what needs to be done for positive change

COVID-19 restrictions in China strand merchant sailors aboard ships
24 Dec 2020 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/covid-19-restrictions-china-st...

BEIJING: The crew of the US-owned Horizon Spirit expect to spend Christmas looking after their 240m long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard, barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Two ships with 39 Indians on board not yet allowed to unload cargo by China: MEA
24 Dec 2020 https://www.livemint.com/news/india/two-ships-with-39-indians-on-board-n...

Will the real owner please stand up?
5/12/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/will-the-real-owner-please-stand-up/

In Echo Star ex Gas Infinity [2020] SGHC 200, the action in rem was brought pursuant to the plaintiff’s maritime lien for damage done by another ship following a collision in the Strait of Hormuz. A maritime lien survives a change in ownership of the vessel.

Anti-virus controls strand merchant sailors aboard ships
JOE McDONALD 24 Dec 2020 https://apnews.com/article/international-news-yangtze-river-los-angeles-...

PH eyes employing more seafarers after sending only 20,000 for 4 months
Betheena Unite December 17, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/12/17/ph-eyes-employing-more-seafarers-after-send...

The Philippines was only able to employ an average of 5,000 seafarers a month at the height of the coronavirus disease outbreak, thousands lower than the original target of deployment, an official of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said Thursday.

Mission to Seafarers launches new fund raising campaign to support seafarers during pandemic
December 22, 2020 https://shipinsight.com/articles/mission-to-seafarers-launches-new-fund-...

Following on from its Flying Angel campaign, maritime charity The Mission to Seafarers has launched a new fundraising campaign to sustain the crew welfare support currently being provided around the world as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

10 rescued after ship mishap in South China Sea
December 23, 2020 http://www.china.org.cn/china/2020-12/23/content_77041775.htm

Ten crew members have been rescued after abandoning a cargo ship that was listing to one side in the South China Sea, according to the provincial maritime search and rescue center of Hainan.

Indonesian crew member dies, four others injured off central Vietnam coast
Viet Quoc, Xuan Ngoc December 22, 2020 | https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/indonesian-crew-member-dies-four-other...

An Indonesian crew member of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship struck off Binh Thuan Province by bad weather has been confirmed dead.