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Coronavirus: Australia relaxes seafarer service rules
David Osler 06 Mar 2020

Australia will allow shipowners to extend seafarer tours of duty beyond the 11-month ceiling set down in the Maritime Labour Convention where the coronavirus makes this necessary, the Australian Maritime Safety Agency announces

‘We will consider requests from shipowners and operators for individual cases where foreign seafarer repatriation and service periods have been impacted by travel restrictions and quarantine measures,’ AMSA statement says

Cruise ship crew pepper spray brawling passengers over feared mutiny onboard holiday vessel marooned in the Caribbean for three days in fresh coronavirus panic
Darren Boyle 29 February 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8059197/Cruise-ship-crew-pepper...

Greek ship targeted by pirates off Guinea; one crew missing
06.03.2020 http://www.ekathimerini.com/250331/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-ship-...

Apart from a Filipino national who is missing, the remaining 21 crew of a Greek-flagged chemical tanker that was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa on Thursday were reportedly in good health on Friday and the ship was heading to Lagos, Nigeria.

Chinese cargo ship kept off shore at Vizag port, crew to be screened for coronavirus
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu Mar 06, 2020 https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chinese-cargo-ship-kept-off-sh...

Crew evacuated from distressed general cargo ship, Taiwan Strait
Mikhail Voytenko March 6, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/03/06/crew-evacuated-from-distress...

Chinese cargo ship attacked, boarded in Gulf of Guinea
Mikhail Voytenko March 6, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/03/06/chinese-cargo-ship-attacked-b...

DFA: At least 530 Filipino crew aboard cruise ship awaiting test results for COVID-19
Christia Marie Ramos - March 06, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/185936/dfa-at-least-530-filipino-crew-...

Pirates board chemical tanker off Benin
Lee Hong Liang | Mar 06, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/pirates-board-chemical...

A Greek-flagged chemical tanker carrying 22 crew members has been boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa on Thursday, it was reported.

Maritime Workers Issue 21-Day Ultimatum to Shipping Companies
March 6, 2020 https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/03/06/maritime-workers-issue-...

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the shipping employers and the Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) over the review of the subsisting industry condition of service.

Coronavirus Snarls Trans-Pacific Shipping and Ripples Through U.S. Business
Jesse Newman and Jennifer Smith March 5, 2020

There are few China-bound vessels and an imbalance in shipping containers, especially the refrigerated ones used for farm products; ‘It’s cutthroat’

The coronavirus epidemic is upending the carefully calibrated logistics of global shipping, as plunging exports from China disrupt the trade of American goods, especially farm products such as fruit and meat destined for Asia.