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Goverment readies aid for shipyards
Genivi Factao September 9, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/09/09/business/maritime-business/goverm...

The country’s shipyard industry was assured of an economic stimulus package that would help them recover from losses incurred due to the pandemic, according to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina).

MARINA requires PH-registered ships to establish sewage treatment plant
Betheena Kae Unite September 8, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/08/marina-requires-ph-registered-ships-to-esta...

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has required Philippine-registered ships to establish a sewage treatment plant (STP) and holding tank in a bid to reduce marine pollution.

Philippine fishermen stranded at sea by pandemic: ‘We think about jumping overboard’
ANA P. SANTOS Sep. 8, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-08/philippine-fisherm...

Anthony Medina’s daughter was 5 months old when he left the Philippines and set sail for the Indian Ocean in December 2018 on an odyssey where his livelihood collided with a pandemic that has kept him adrift at sea and exiled from home.

Japanese authorities find empty lifeboat in search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew
Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada 7 Sept 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/empty-lifeboat-found-in-search-fo...

Japanese authorities searching for 40 missing crew members from a live export ship believed to have sunk off the country's south-west have found an empty lifeboat.

However, the Coast Guard said it found no indication anyone had been on board.

No easy way home for seafarers delivering goods to Canadian ports during pandemic
Morgan Lowrie Sep. 6, 2020 https://www.sylvanlakenews.com/news/no-easy-way-home-for-seafarers-deliv...

Robberies on the rise in the Philippines
Sam Chambers September 7, 2020 https://splash247.com/robberies-on-the-rise-in-the-philippines/

With more ships calling the Philippines this year to carry out crew changes there has been a concurrent rise in robberies onboard ships.

The Singapore Navy’s Information Fusion Centre has highlighted a significant growth this year in what is describes as opportunistic robberies at the Philippine capital, Manila, as well as in Batangas to the south.

DFA confirms death of Filipino seafarer after cattle ship sank off Japan
Christia Marie Ramos - September 07, 2020 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/190734/one-filipino-seafarer-dead-afte...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday confirmed one fatality among the 39 Filipino crew members of a Panamanian-flagged cattle ship that sank off Japan last week.

Hontiveros to gov’t: Ensure aid to kin of seafarers of Gulf Livestock 1
Hannah Torregoza September 7, 2020 https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/07/hontiveros-to-govt-ensure-aid-to-kin-of-sea...

Sen. Risa Hontiveros urged the government to ensure that assistance is readily available to the families of survivors and missing Filipino seafarers aboard the Gulf Livestock 1 that sank off the coast of Japan last Wednesday.

New Diamond VLCC blaze extinguished
Sam Chambers September 7, 2020 https://splash247.com/new-diamond-vlcc-blaze-extinguished/

The fire onboard New Shipping’s New Diamond VLCC off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters was finally extinguished, nearly 79 hours after the incident was reported, the Sri Lankan navy said on Sunday.

The ship was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude oil from Kuwait to India and caught fire on Thursday when a boiler in the engine room exploded, killing one Filipino seafarer.

Bataan port starts as crew change hub
Ernie B. Esconde September 6, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/09/06/news/regions/bataan-port-starts-a...