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| Infra and maritime security top agenda at virtual Quad meeting |
New Delhi Senior officials of the four members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad on Thursday discussed ways to take forward cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, maritime security and humanitarian aid in order to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific... -Hindustan Times
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| A crew shortage canceled an Alaska ferry. Officials and unions warn it could happen again |
A dishwasher and chief steward on a state ferry reported feeling ill and left the ship a few hours before it was to depart Juneau. That left the ferry LeConte — which sails with 24 crew members — short handed early Wednesday morning... -KCAW
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| Seafarers Have Low Vaccinations Rates as Crew Change Delays Persist |
Despite tremendous efforts in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in large shipping nations in Europe, Asia, and North America, the share of seafarers vaccinated remains too low. The inability to get seafarers vaccinated is also likely contributing to the persistent crew change crisis according to new data from the monthly update on the Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator... -The Maritime Executive
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| Death of Seafarer during crew change preventable, says ITF |
The Australian Government must urgently implement a nationally-consistent best-practice plan for crew changes on international trading vessels following the preventable death of a seafarer during a high-risk transfer off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast this week... -Sea News
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| Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Venezuela and Latvia reported as hardest countries for crews to secure vaccines |
The Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Venezuela and Latvia have been identified by top shipmanagers as the areas with the largest challenge in securing the supply of Covid-19 vaccines. The five countries were picked out by 10 large global shipmanagers who are providing data for the the Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator developed by the Global Maritime Forum... -Splash 247
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| Ukraine’s system of online services for seafarers on halt amid ongoing probe |
The system of online services for seafarers is still on pause due to the seizure of servers of the State Register of Seafarers’ Documents, although a separate verification protocol has been launched to avoid collapse in the employment process. This was announced during an Ukrinform press conference by Vice-President of the Maritime Chamber of Ukraine Viacheslav Kislovsky... -Ukrinform
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| Eighteen rescued after 98ft British yacht sinks off Greek island of Milos |
British-flagged 98ft yacht overturned off the northwest coast of Milos, Greece. Naval vessels, a helicopter, and an air force helicopter assisted rescue efforts. All 18 Greek nationals onboard were rescued after the boat sank on Wednesday... -Daily Mail
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| 27 People on Carnival Vista Test Positive for COVID |
Reports say that twenty-six crew members and one passenger have tested positive for COVID-19 aboard Carnival Vista, sailing from Galveston. This comes from a message released by the Belize Tourism Board and also confirmed by USAToday... -Cruzely.com
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| Maritime firms say piracy, violence against crew, threaten flow of goods |
Maritime companies are raising concern over increasing cases of sea piracy and violence against crews, especially in the West African region. Some 361 organisations across the maritime industry globally have now signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, representing a call to action to put an end to scourge of piracy against ships in the region... -The East African
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| Blaze Destroys Motor Yacht on Charter Off South of France |
Video footage shows what’s left of a luxury motor yacht after it was destroyed by fire off the south of France. As Marine Industry News reports, the 29m Sanlorenzo yacht Reine d’Azur had been on a charter trip off the Îles d’Hyčres when the fire broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning (Wednesday 11 August)... -Afloat
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| The Drug War at Sea Is Getting Bigger and Bigger |
At a Florida port, the U.S. Coast Guard drops off $1.4 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana seized in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The haul, the fruit of nearly 30 incidents and boarding operations by the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, contains nearly 60,000 pounds of cocaine alone. No, it’s not a reboot of “Miami Vice” — it happened last week... -BloombergQuint
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| NYK-chartered ship splits in two after grounding off Japan |
After running aground off Hachinohe Port, Japan, on 11 August 2021, the Panama-flagged bulk carrier split in two today. The ship in question is the 2008-built Crimson Polaris, a wood chip carrier chartered by Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). The entire crew of 21 seafarers — Chinese and Filipino nationals — have been evacuated. No injuries to the crew members have been reported... -Offshore Energy
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