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Norwegian flag to allow bareboat charter registration and deregistration
Grant Rowles June 30, 2020 https://splash247.com/norwegian-flag-to-allow-bareboat-charter-registrat...

In a bid to become more competitive, the Norwegian Maritime Authority has announced that it is making regulatory amendments to allow bareboat registration in and deregistration from the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) and the Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR).

Insurers brace for human cost of pandemic
Paul Bartlett | Jun 29, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/insurers-brace-human-c...

Two webinars around last Thursday’s Day of the Seafarer drew attention to the misery of some 400,000 stranded seafarers who cannot return home to their families or, conversely, sign on for new employment.

Nearly 4,000 seafarers still stranded on board ships, await repatriation
28/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/nearly-4000-seafarers-still-strande...

While over 18,000 seafarers stranded at ports around the world have returned to India, an estimated 4,000, on board merchant vessels across the globe, are still at sea.

14 Filipinos missing after fishing boat collides with Chinese ship off Mindoro
JC Gotinga June 29, 2020 https://www.rappler.com/nation/265131-fishermen-missing-boat-collides-ch...

(UPDATED) There are 14 Filipino crew missing after fishing boat Liberty Cinco collides with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship off Occidental Mindoro

Panama Safeguards Seafarers’ Rights During This World Health Crisis
29/06/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/panama-safeguards-seafarers-rights-...

U.K to Host International Summit on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Shipping Industry
June 27, 2020 https://www.hstoday.us/industry/u-k-to-host-international-summit-on-the-...

Shipping lines ordered to allot cargo space for food products
June 28, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1107291

Upward mobility in maritime training and education
Yashika F. Torib June 3, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/03/business/maritime-business/upward...

In a world where man is measured by his titles, accomplishments, connections and wealth, a few stood certain that their ultimate measure lies not in the long list of achievements but in the depth of passion on which their actions are anchored.

Over 16,000 Filipino, foreign seafarers cleared at Manila port
Daphne Galvez - June 26, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/188923/over-16000-filipino-foreign-sea...

MANILA, Philippines — Over 16,000 Filipino and foreign seafarers on cruise ships anchored in in Manila Bay have been cleared to disembark by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic broke out.

Crew members test positive for COVID-19 onboard US cargo ship Maersk Idaho
Nicole Brailer Jun 26, 2020 https://www.wavy.com/news/national/crew-members-test-positive-for-covid-...

NATIONAL (WAVY) — Officials with the U.S. Flagged cargo ship Maersk Idaho confirmed on Friday that 10 crew members onboard tested positive for COVID-19.