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How Covid-19 has changed the future of cruise ship design – and made them even safer
Gary Buchanan 22 October 2020 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/articles/coronavirus-has-chan...

More Woes for Japanese Shipping Line as Vessel Arrested Over Crew Problems:Australia is Not a Happy Place for Car Carrying Outfit
October 23, 2020 https://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/more-woes-for-japanese-...

Pope donates money to victim families of cargo ship disaster
Junno Arocho Esteves, October 22, 2020 https://www.ucanews.com/news/pope-donates-money-to-victim-families-of-ca...

The ship was carrying 43 crew members when it capsized in the sea of Japan early last month

Pope Francis sent an undisclosed amount of money to the families of the missing crew members of a cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Japan in September.

Fighting for the welfare of global seafarers
Jon Ingleton 22 October 2020 https://www.cruiseandferry.net/articles/fighting-for-the-welfare-of-glob...

Jon Ingleton talks to Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, president of the World Maritime University, the IMO’s apex institution for maritime and ocean education

China voices concern as 29 Filipino seafarers test positive for coronavirus
Jason Jiang October 22, 2020 https://splash247.com/china-voices-concern-as-29-filipino-seafarers-test...

A total of 29 Filipino seafarers have tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in China to board their ships, according to a report carried in the Manila Bulletin, the Philippines’ largest English language broadsheet newspaper.

Up to 30 nations threaten to walk away from IMO’s emissions meet-up
Sam Chambers October 23, 2020 https://splash247.com/up-to-30-nations-threaten-to-walk-away-from-imos-e...

It’s been an especially fractious week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as debate rages on how best to improve shipping’s carbon footprint.

Green groups condemn proposals to cut shipping emissions
Fiona Harvey 23 Oct 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/23/green-groups-condemn...

Campaigners urge governments to walk away from current talks and set tougher targets

Shipping sector balks at extra P5.4 B arrastre fees
Emmie V. Abadilla October 23, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/23/shipping-sector-balks-at-extra-p5-4-b-arras...

International shipping lines balk at paying an extra P5.4 billion as the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) seeks to impose never-before-assessed arrastre rates on empty containers.

Phl needs its own int’l shipping line
Andrew J. Masigan October 21, 2020 - https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2020/10/21/2051084/phl-needs-its-own-in...

POEA: 29 seafarers tests (SIC) positive for COVID-19 after arriving in China
Jeffrey Damicog October 21, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/21/poea-29-seafarers-tests-positive-for-covid-...

Twenty-nine Filipino seafarers have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after having arrived in China to board their ships, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said on Wednesday (Oct. 21).