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Maersk doing all it can on crew change, one-third onboard over contract
The world's largest container line Maersk is spending a "lot of money" to try and fix the crew change problem but still has one-third of seafarers have been onboard longer than allowed under their contracts.
Covid-19 travel and border restrictions have impacted the shipping industry globally leaving an estimated 400,000 seafarers either stuck on vessels after their contracts expired or at home unable to start new contracts.Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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Japanese capesize bulk carrier cocaine bust, Master and senior officers detained.
Capesize bulk carrier FRONTIER FALCON was berthed at Icdas port, Turkey, Marmara sea, late Aug 19 on arrival from Colombia. On Aug 22, joint team of police anti-narcotics division and Coast Guard, searched ship’s hull and found a container or a box, attached to hull in aft section. Box contained packages with cocaine, totaling 25 kilo. Hull inspection with deployment of divers was to be continued. According to official statement, 7 crew including Captain were detained, caught allegedly, in the process of procuring the packages from a box.Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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Philippine embassies in Oslo, Copenhagen look after Filipino seafarers.
The Philippine Embassies in Oslo and Copenhagen have stepped up their consultations with the management and owners of cruise ships employing Filipinos as crew members amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) that severely affected the shipping industry worldwide.
Philippine Ambassador to Norway Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia received Hurtigruten Cruises Chief Executive Officer Daniel Skjeldam at the Philippine Embassy in Oslo on August 14, 2020 to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak that recently struck the hybrid-powered cruise ship, MS Roald Amundsen.Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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Philippines activates 3 new crew change hubs to help seafarers in pandemic.
The Philippine transportation department said on Saturday, August 22, that it has activated 3 new crew change hubs in the country to help seafarers distressed by the pandemic.
The hubs are located at the Port of Manila, Port of Capinpin in Bataan and at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone
Crew change is essential for seafarers to ensure their health and wellbeing, but the travel restrictions due to the pandemic have made crew change difficult the last couple of months.
Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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Dredger struck gas pipeline causing explosion and fire, 4 missing, 6 injured, Corpus Christi.
Dredger WAYMON L. BOYD caused explosion and major fire in Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the morning Aug 21, after she struck, while working, an underwater gas pipeline. Of 18 personnel on board, 4 went missing and 6 were injured, 3 of whome have been transferred to a hospital with burns treatment facility.Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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Chinese fishing vessel attacked, crew wounded, Sierra Leone
Chinese longliner SHENGHAI2 was attacked by armed persons early in the morning Aug 21 on Freetown anchorage, Sierra Leone. Crew reportedly, tried to thwart an attack with ensuing fight, several crew were injured, including some seriously wounded. Pirates fled the ship and area after Navy or Coast Guard sent a team to assist crew.Posted On:24-Aug-2020
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