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Just 40% of cruise ships operating in American waters since mid-April tested crew members for the coronavirus — and it's a red flag for those eager to hit the water
Rachel Premack 22 July 2020 https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-cdc-report-coronavirus-testing-20...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a worrying view of life aboard the few US cruise ships that have been sailing since mid-April.

Cyber Attacks increasing at Alarming Rate in the Maritime Industry
Baibhav Mishra - July 21, 2020 https://seanews.co.uk/features/cyber-attacks-increasing-at-alarming-rate...

Undercurrents in shipping industry
21/07/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/undercurrents-in-shipping-industry/

As the nation starts to recover from the aftermath of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the movement control order, shipping lines and shippers are clashing over what seems to be inherent problems in the industry.

Vietnam asks for better sea dispute management, enhanced trade cooperation with China
Viet Nam News/Asia News Network / July 22, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1310287/vietnam-asks-for-better-sea-disput...

Seafarer suicide statistics spotlighted as coronavirus curtails crew changes
Baibhav Mishra - July 6, 2020 https://seanews.co.uk/shipping/maritime-shipping/seafarer-suicide-statis...

Recent reports of seafarers stranded on cruise ships taking their own lives have highlighted the dearth of reliable information about suicides at sea.

Illegal salary deductions due to dubious promissory notes
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO - July 21,2020 - https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/328295/illegal-salary-deductions-due-...

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) must be vigilant against the execution of dubious promissory notes causing excessive deductions from their salaries.

Crewing costs soar as shipping’s spat with airlines leaves seafarers stranded
Michelle Wiese Bockmann 17 Jul 2020 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1133126/Crewing-co...

Stranded On Ships: Seafarers In Virus Limbo
20 July 2020 https://theaseanpost.com/article/stranded-ships-seafarers-virus-limbo

Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo.

Crew killed by container on board of container ship, Norway
Erofey Schkvarkin July 21, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/07/21/crew-killed-by-container-on-b...

13 crew kidnapped from tanker off Benin
Jason Jiang July 20, 2020 https://splash247.com/13-crew-kidnapped-from-tanker-off-benin/

The 2007-built 11,300 dwt chemical tanker Curacao Trader was attacked by pirates off the coast of Benin in West Africa on July 17.