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127 stranded Filipino seafarers await repatriation — DFA
Sep 18, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/9/18/127-stranded-Filipino-seafarer...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 18) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is working to bring home 127 seafarers stuck on ships abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Undersecretary Brigido Dulay.

Coronavirus and globalisation: the surprising resilience of container shipping
Michael Pooler and Thomas Hale 18 Sept 2020

Although the pandemic has brought chaos to the global economy, many lines are making more money

Holding a small axe in a white-gloved hand, South Korea’s first lady Kim Jung-sook cut the ropes tethering the HMM Algeciras and officially launched the world’s biggest container ship at a ceremony in April.

K. Oanh Ha, Jack Wittels, Khine Lin Kyaw and Krystal Chia
September 18, 2020

With 300,000 workers stranded on merchant ships, Bloomberg found dozens of labor violations that threaten seafarers’ safety, as well as the global supply chain.

On July 25, the Unison Jasper pulled into the Australian port of Newcastle carrying 31,000 tons of alumina bound for one of the country’s largest smelters. The ship had traveled around the world in the seven months since the pandemic began, but in Australia, authorities found a problem serious enough to detain the vessel.

More transparency needed in shipping industry to tackle the impact of COVID-19
Sally-Ann S. Underhill September 17 2020 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=54421df9-dffd-49b3-93f9-0...

Early results from our 2020 shipping survey – Navigating a post-COVID world indicate that industry participants believe more transparency is needed to tackle the impact and challenges caused by the pandemic.

More passengers allowed in ships after new distancing guidelines
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz September 16, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1115664

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Wednesday issued new guidelines on physical distancing in passenger ships following the recent easing of physical distancing in all forms of public transportation.

Pandemic leaves local shipbuilders high and dry
Arjay L. Balinbin, September 17, 2020 https://www.bworldonline.com/pandemic-leaves-local-shipbuilders-high-and...

THE PHILIPPINE shipbuilding industry is feeling the pain as new orders have dried up amid the recession.

“New orders are very seriously hit,” Meneleo G. Carlos III, chairman of the Shipyard Association of the Philippines (ShAP), said in a phone interview.

Survivors of capsized cargo ship due home Saturday
Samuel Medenilla September 16, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/09/16/survivors-of-capsized-cargo-shi...

The two Filipino seafarers who survived the sinking of a cargo ship, Gulf Livestock 1, which sank near the coast of Japan earlier this month, will be arriving home this Saturday.

World Maritime Day: Seafarers and the urgent issue of crew changes
Baibhav Mishra - September 17, 2020 https://seanews.co.uk/news/world-maritime-day-seafarers-and-the-urgent-i...

Business improves for Chinese shipowners, but crew change a top concern
Katherine Si | Sep 17, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/business-improves-chin...

With the resumption of production and work amid Covid-19 pandemic, shipowners in China are seeing the improvement in business, however, crew change has become a major concern.

Families of missing seafarers appeal for expanded search
Tristan Nodalo, Sep 17, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2020/9/17/Families-of-missing-seafarer...