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AMSA bans bulker for underpaying crew

glory 18-09-2020 14:51 Area News
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Panama-flagged bulk carrier AC Sesoda for underpaying its crew. AMSA boarded the ship at Mourilyan in Queensland on Thursday, September 10, 2020 to...
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ITF: Seafarer abandonment rises in Arab world

glory 14-09-2020 18:32 Area News
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has warned of a growing number of crew members abandoned on ships in the Arab world without pay, food, or water. The distressed seafarers are receiving assistance...
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How has going under the radar for the shipping industry backfired today?

glory 11-09-2020 21:24 Area News
The shipping industry is faced with one of the greatest humanitarian crises in years, affecting over half a million people. Six months into the pandemic 300,000 seafarers are stuck at sea, some of them for 17 months, 6...
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Australia bans bulker for mistreating seafarers

glory 31-08-2020 15:27 Area News
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier Unison Jasper from Australian ports for six months. The 36,300 dwt vessel has remained alongside in the Port of Newcastle,...
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Kidnapped crew members of Curacao Trader freed

glory 28-08-2020 14:30 Area News
The 13 crew members of product tanker MT Curacao Trader, who were kidnapped off Benin back in July, have been released and are all safe and well. The information was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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Vancouver: Two seafarers on board Hapag-Lloyd ship test positive for COVID-19

glory 26-08-2020 18:36 Area News
German container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed new coronavirus cases among its crew. On 26 August, the company informed that two crew members on board the 8,600 TEU containership Sofia Express tested positive...
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Klaveness reveals two crew were infected with COVID-19

glory 19-08-2020 19:17 Area News
Klaveness Combination Carriers reported that two crew members on board one of its CABU vessels had been infected with COVID-19 virus. The infection cases were confirmed in July, the company revealed in its Q2 earnings...
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MUA: Australian seafarers win legal victory over MV Portland replacement

glory 10-08-2020 15:35 Area News
The Federal Court of Australia has handed a major legal victory to ten Australian seafarers who undertook a two-month sit-in to prevent their vessel, the MV Portland, from being replaced by foreign flag-of-convenience ships...
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Seafarers in Australia refuse to sail as crew change crisis continues to brew

glory 07-08-2020 18:30 Area News
Crews on two more ships in Australia have refused to keep sailing, demanding repatriation as crew change crisis resulting from the COVID-19 travel restrictions further aggravates. The two ships, Conti Stockholm and Ben...
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UAE opens up for crew changes

glory 03-08-2020 14:28 Area News
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has resumed crew change activities in all its ports and waters, the Federal Transport Authority said. The measure is being announced as UAE manages to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the...
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