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Crew change crisis has only one real solution
Mikhail Voytenko September 1, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/09/01/crew-change-crisis-has-only-o...

Foreign shipowners wary about PH plan to be ‘crew change’ capital
Yashika F. Torib September 2, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/09/02/business/maritime-business/foreig...

PH ready to handle crew change demand
Genivi Factao September 2, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/09/02/business/maritime-business/ph-rea...

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) gave assurances that the country is ready to handle crew change with additional ports already activated and more international ports being readied to be opened to serve ships of any sizes and thus boost revenues for the maritime industry.

'Danish chemical tanker' collides with Ministry of Defence vessel off coast of Falmouth in Cornwall
Henry Martin 1 September 2020

A cargo ship hit a Ministry of Defence vessel in Cornwall this morning.

Officers were called to Falmouth at around 8am where a cargo ship ran aground after crashing into an MoD contracted vessel that was secured to the fixed pontoon.

The cargo ship was identified as the 'Smit Yare' - a range safety and training vessel run by Smit International, under contract with MoD.

MARINA issues 1-year extension to expiring STCW certificates
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz September 1, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1114037

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has extended anew the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) certificates of Filipino seafarers as a temporary measure amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

TSM Recruit: A pioneering app-based recruitment tool for seafarers
September 1, 2020 - https://www.philstar.com/business/biz-memos/2020/09/01/2038454/tsm-recru...

Singapore sets up floating crew holding facility and $736,000 crew change fund
Lee Hong Liang | Aug 31, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/casualty/singapore-sets-floating-crew-...

Singapore is establishing a floating Crew Facilitation Centre (CFC) with on-site medical provisions, as well as a SGD1m ($736,000) Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund.

Cruise industry’s billion-dollar question: what to do with the ships?
Alice Hancock 31 August 2020 https://www.ft.com/content/b0d09282-1559-4169-a3ec-92c12ebfb78e

With little appetite for sailings, the $150bn industry has tough decisions to make on its fleets

Global ship orders may take a decade to mend as crisis builds
Krystal Chia & Annie Lee / Bloomberg News August 30, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/08/30/global-ship-orders-may-take-a-d...

THERE’S hardly anyone buying new ships, with orders plunging to a 20-year low due to a potent combination of uncertainty over environmental regulations, the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of financing.

Concerns international seafarers came to shore for medical treatment without being tested for Covid-19
John Anthony Aug 27 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/122543232/concerns-internati...

Richard Everts, infectious disease specialist at Nelson Marlborough Health, at the Covid-19 testing site at Port Nelson.