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ILO tackles the crew change crisis
Splash August 13, 2020 https://splash247.com/ilo-tackles-the-crew-change-crisis/

Filipino crewing supremo calls for global digital quarantine pass to re solve the crew change crunch
Sam Chambers August 14, 2020 https://splash247.com/filipino-crewing-supremo-calls-for-global-digital-...

Cruise ships, early incubators of the coronavirus, prepare to return to sea in Europe
Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli August 14, 2020

CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy — The five idled cruise ships stretch end-to-end across what was once one of the world’s busiest ports — and that now amounts to a surreal, gleaming white mile of empty pools, buffet restaurants and piano bars. The ships have enough space combined for 26,000 people. For months, no passengers have come aboard.

Australia's Cruise Ship Nightmare
14 Aug 2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2020/08/australia-cruise-sh...

We investigate whether the world's biggest cruise ship company put profits before people amid a deadly outbreak.

How did one cruise ship become the single largest source of COVID-19 infections in Australia?

How a cruise line made crew work without wages
Taylor Dolven Aug 13 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/122438347/how-a-cruise-li...

As crew members started to make it safely off of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line's Grand Celebration ship in mid-April, stories about life on board surfaced on social media.

Groups seek more flights for stranded seafarers
William B. Depasupil August 13, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/08/13/news/national/groups-seek-more-fl...

THE seafaring sector has asked the government to allow additional humanitarian flights to ferry in and out of the country an estimated 100,000 seafarers who are either stranded abroad or waiting for flights to board their ships.

Coronavirus Intensifies Global Shipping Risks
CAPT. ANDREW KINSEY 08-12-2020 https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/coronavirus-intensifies-global...

The global shipping industry is responsible for transporting as much as 90 percent of world trade. The number of reported total shipping losses of vessels over 100 gross tons (GT) declined in 2019 to 41 – the lowest total this century and a nearly 70 percent decline over 10 years.

Shipping all at sea when it comes to defining decarbonisation
August 13, 2020 https://splash247.com/shipping-all-at-sea-when-it-comes-to-defining-deca...

Shipping has no clear understanding of what decarbonisation means in real terms for the industry, a new poll suggests.

Australia detains cargo ships for alleged labour abuse
AUG 13, 2020 - https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/australia-detains-cargo-ships...

AUSTRALIAN authorities detained at least two cargo ships for alleged labour violations related to demands from seafarers to be sent home, some of whom have spent more than a year at sea.

Prisoners at sea: The unsung heroes moving the world
•Aug 8, 2020