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| Coronavirus: 4 Filipino Seafarers Placed In Isolation In Gibraltar After Crewmen Tested Positive. |
The Retreat center at Gibraltar is currently housing four Filipino seafarers in isolation after a few members of the crew tested positive for COVID-19 on the arrival of their ship to Algeciras, on Monday. They have been tested negative.
The transfer and accommodation of the crewmen were done after Gibraltar Port Authority received an alert of possible COVID-19 infection among the workers on the ship. Following their public health protocols, the 4 men were made to disembark the boat and reach the shore of Gibraltar through an agent's boat. The carrier continued to the port of Algeciras.
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| Countries, including the Philippines, agree to help seafarers marooned at sea due to coronavirus. |
A dozen countries including the United States, Britain and Singapore agreed on Thursday to speed up efforts to get hundreds of thousands of stranded merchant sailors home after they had been at sea for many months due to the coronavirus.
Some 200,000 seafarers are affected, with COVID-19 travel restrictions make it almost impossible to rotate crews, according to the UN's International Maritime Organization. Many have been at sea for longer than an 11-month limit laid out in a maritime labour convention.
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| New international commitment to improve seafarers rights. |
Seafarers will get enhanced rights as key workers following a joint commitment made at 9 July 2020 International Maritime Summit.
Representatives from over a dozen countries including Norway, Denmark, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Philippines and the USA attended the summit. They agreed to new international measures to open up foreign borders for seafarers and increase the number of commercial flights to expedite repatriation efforts.
Despite the crucial role they play restrictions on international travel have left thousands of seafarers stranded at foreign ports with some confined to vessels for months despite having no contact with coronavirus.
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| Indonesian crew member found dead on board Chinese fishing vessel. |
Indonesian authorities captured two Chinese fishing vessels off the coast of Riau Islands on Wednesday, following a report of the death of an Indonesian crew member aboard one of the ships.
The body of the crew member, identified as AH, was found in the freezer of one of the ships, Lu Huang Yuan Yu 117. AH is suspected of having been a human trafficking victim.
Riau Islands Police chief Insp. Gen. Aris Budiman said authorities received a report about AH from his family on June 29.
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| For Seafaring Workers, The Pandemic Could Mean Even More Time Away From Home. |
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Rev. Steve Cushing used to visit with cargo ship workers on their container ships in Boston Harbor.
He runs the New England Seafarers Mission, a small service center operated by the Evangelical Covenant Church at the cruise terminal in South Boston. Cushing would board the ships to have coffee with the seafarers, talk about their life and provide them with SIM cards so they could access the internet from their ships.
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| Governments Pledge Crew Change Action. |
A dozen countries have have committed to facilitate crew changes and achieve key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted by the U.K. government on Thursday, marking progress to help resolve a growing crisis facing the maritime industry, and enable hundreds of thousands of stranded seafarers to go home or join ships.
"The inability of ship operators worldwide to conduct ship"s crew changes is the single most pressing maritime operational challenge to the safe and efficient movement of global trade," representatives from 12 countries said in a joint statement expressing their concern about the current crisis.
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| Barbados Port Assists With Crew Repatriation. |
The small Caribbean island of Barbados has become a vital port for the cruise industry during the coronavirus crisis. Typically a port of call for passengers to enjoy the beaches and natural scenery, the island at the southeast end of the Caribbean has played an important role in the efforts to return crew members home.
Early in the coronavirus crisis, Barbados pledged its support to the cruise industry, and the operator of dock facilities Barbados Port made vital dock space available. As a result, there has been a steady stream of cruise ships arriving.
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