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Ship operation advice floods in as coronavirus spreads
Sam Chambers January 29th, 2020 https://splash247.com/ship-operation-advice-floods-in-as-coronavirus-spr...

Advice is coming in from across the world on preparation crew ought to be taking in the wake of the rapidly spreading coronavirus from China.

Australian maritime union slams ‘non-existent’ response to Wuhan coronavirus threat at ports
Marcus Hand | Jan 29, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/australian-maritime-un...

Australia’s maritime union have criticised what they describe as the government’s “non-existent” response to the threat of the Wuhan coronavirus at the country’s ports.

MAERSK container ship breakdown in Gibraltar Strait, towage
NIKOLAY TORKIN January 30, 2020 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/01/30/maersk-container-ship-breakdo...

How has coronavirus affected ports and shipping?
Max Schwerdtfeger • 29 January 2020 https://www.porttechnology.org/news/how-has-coronavirus-affected-ports-a...

The first month of 2020 has seen numerous threats to free trade and the flow of cargo around the world, including escalating tensions between the US and Iran and Brexit.

Mixed reactions trail seafarers’ wage deduction
BAYO AKOMOLAFE 28 Jan 2020 https://www.newtelegraphng.com/mixed-reactions-trail-seafarers-wage-dedu...

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, which permits deductions from seafarers’ wages to their union bodies, has stressed the need by each maritime administration to regulate private crew agencies that indulge in illegal deduction of wages.

Six Seafarers Fall Ill as Coronavirus Outbreak Continues
01-28-2020 https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/six-seafarers-fall-ill-as-cor...

Six seafarers aboard a French-operated container ship have fallen ill during a voyage from China to Egypt, raising concerns that they could be the first reported mariners to have contracted the new coronavirus strain originating in Wuhan.

Valuing the sacrifices of a modern-day seafarer
Yashika F. Torib January 29, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/29/business/maritime-business/valuin...

Seafarers wrestle over a wide array of stress-inducing pressures at sea, things that include but are not limited, to the lack of shore leave, increased paperwork, working with fewer people, isolation and homesickness.

Greek seafarers face ‘extinction’ unless owners and unions work together
David Glass | Jan 27, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ship-operations/greek-seafarers-face-e...

Greek shipowners and seafarer unions need to work together other wise the Greek seafarer will become extinct warns Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), president Theodore Veniamis.

No injuries as fishing vessel, cargo ship collide off Martha’s Vineyard
Curt Brown 28 Jan 20202 https://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20200128/no-injuries-as-fishing-ves...

A 70-foot fishing vessel out of Tiverton and a 605-foot tanker collided Monday about 25 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, the Coast Guard said.

Ocean shipping in coronavirus crosshairs
29/01/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/ocean-shipping-in-coronavirus-cross...

The only risk to improved tanker fleet utilization in 2020-21 is “a black-swan economic event that punishes global oil demand,” wrote Evercore ISI analyst Jon Chappell in his latest shipping forecast.

Enter the black swan.