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Seafarers face mental health crisis after months trapped at sea
Nicola Smith 9 August 2020

Industry bodies warn that supply chains could also be at risk because of overwork and exhaustion

Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are facing financial ruin, physical exhaustion and mental health crises as their industry is decimated by (login to continue...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/09/seafarers-face-mental-health...)

Euronav: Crew change crunch is shipping’s ‘largest ever humanitarian and logistical crisis’
Sam Chambers August 6, 2020 https://splash247.com/euronav-crew-change-crunch-is-shippings-largest-ev...

Belgian tanker giant Euronav announced its interim results today, and spent plenty of time discussing the crew change crunch.

Euronav: Crew change crunch is shipping’s ‘largest ever humanitarian and logistical crisis’
Sam Chambers August 6, 2020 https://splash247.com/euronav-crew-change-crunch-is-shippings-largest-ev...

Belgian tanker giant Euronav announced its interim results today, and spent plenty of time discussing the crew change crunch.

Crews down tools Down Under
Sam Chambers August 7, 2020 https://splash247.com/crews-down-tools-down-under/

Cases of crews downing tools around the world in protest at the enforced stay onboard during the coronavirus pandemic are on the increase.

Ship Cited in Beirut Blast Hasn’t Sailed in 7 Years. We Found It.
Christoph Koettl 7 Aug 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/middleeast/lebanon-explosion-sh...

Port of Beirut explosion forces diversion of vessels
08/08/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/port-of-beirut-explosion-forces-div...

Time seems to have stopped at the Port of Beirut. The Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC) vessel schedule has not been updated since Tuesday’s massive explosion obliterated Lebanon’s principal port.

‘Held hostage’: Cruise employees were stuck on a ship and forced to work without pay, lawsuit says
Teo Armus August 6, 2020

When cruises were first told to anchor in March as the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Bahamas Paradise line presented Dragan Janicijevic and other crew members with a choice, he said: Agree to stay on their docked ship without pay, or never work for the company again.

Marina issues new guidelines for cruise ships, cargo vessels & seafarers
Lorenz S. Marasigan August 6, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/08/06/marina-issues-new-guidelines-fo...

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has issued guidelines for passenger and cargo ship operations as well as for seafarers, as some parts of the country were recently reverted back to the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

Kitack Lim discusses the crew change crisis
Splash August 6, 2020 https://splash247.com/kitack-lim-discusses-the-crew-change-crisis/

Euronav: Crew change crunch is shipping’s ‘largest ever humanitarian and logistical crisis’
Sam Chambers August 6, 2020 https://splash247.com/euronav-crew-change-crunch-is-shippings-largest-ev...

Belgian tanker giant Euronav announced its interim results today, and spent plenty of time discussing the crew change crunch.