The Future Of The Shipping Industry Is Digital

The Future Of The Shipping Industry Is Digital
Maria Gourtsilidou December 4, 2020 https://ceoworld.biz/2020/12/04/the-future-of-the-shipping-industry-is-d...

15 PMMA cadets get full scholarship from PH Coast Guard

15 PMMA cadets get full scholarship from PH Coast Guard
Betheena Unite December 3, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/12/03/15-pmma-cadets-get-full-scholarship-from-ph...

Fifteen Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) cadets recently received full scholarships from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

Opposition to Cosco’s port expansion plans in Piraeus grows

Opposition to Cosco’s port expansion plans in Piraeus grows
David Glass | Dec 02, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports-logistics/opposition-coscos-port...

The Piraeus town hall has joined the business-led front against the Cosco Shipping managed Piraeus Port Authority’s (PPA) plans to expand facilities in the Mediterranean’s top container and passenger ship hub.

Drones come to the rescue in Covid battle at sea

Drones come to the rescue in Covid battle at sea
December 3, 2020 https://splash247.com/drones-come-to-the-rescue-in-covid-battle-at-sea/

Panagiotis Galanis reports on the the first transportation of rapid Covid tests for seafarers using drones.

Cargo ship attacked off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden: authorities

Cargo ship attacked off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden: authorities
Jon Gambrell The Associated Press December 5, 2020 https://globalnews.ca/news/7503807/cargo-ship-attacked-yemen/

A cargo ship travelling past Yemen in the Gulf of Aden came under attack in unclear circumstances, maritime authorities said Saturday.

The Gulf of Aden is a crucial route for global trade, and has seen a number of Somali pirate attacks that have mostly stopped in recent years.

Covid-19 'Second wave triggered by the 440 Filipino crew members who returned to the Philippines on February 26, 2020, after spending a month on the M/V Diamond Princess'

[ANALYSIS] A brief history of COVID-19 in the Philippines
Nicanor Austriaco OP Dec 1, 2020 3:32 PM PHT

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The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has recently analyzed and compared the DNA sequences for all the known genomes of SARS-CoV2 obtained from Filipino COVID-19 patients. The genome is the map of all the genes in the virus. By comparing genomes, scientists can determine a family tree for SARS-CoV2 to identify related viruses of similar origin.

CDC order leaves 1,000 Filipino seafarers languishing in hotels

CDC order leaves 1,000 Filipino seafarers languishing in hotels
Recto Mercene December 5, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/12/05/cdc-order-leaves-1000-filipino-...

Crucial role of the EU Member States to ensure that crew changes are able to take place without further delays and seafarers are prioritised for vaccination

Crucial role of the EU Member States to ensure that crew changes are able to take place without further delays and seafarers are prioritised for vaccination
05/12/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/crucial-role-of-the-eu-member-state...

Open Letter to Ministers of Transport of EU Member States on crew changes and vaccination

Dear Ministers,

Container ship loses nearly 2,000 cargo carriers in Pacific storm

Container ship loses nearly 2,000 cargo carriers in Pacific storm
04/12/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/container-ship-loses-nearly-2000-ca...

Nearly 2,000 containers aboard a ship managed by NYK Shipmanagement of Japan were lost or damaged when it hit by stormy weather in the Pacific Ocean, the company said, adding that the vessel was heading Japan for assessment.

Solon protests virtual confinement of 431 seafarers in 2 Metro Manila hotels

Solon protests virtual confinement of 431 seafarers in 2 hotels
Ben Rosario December 3, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/12/03/solon-protests-virtual-confinement-of-431-s...

1PACMAN Representative Enrico “Eric” A. Pineda is protesting the “quarantine overkill” conducted on 431 seafarers who have been kept in “virtual solitary confinement” in two Metro Manila hotels in the past two months.

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