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Freight ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast, two dead - coast guard

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 18 12:58 AM

(UPDATE) A Palau-flagged freight ship has sunk off the coast of Turkey's Black Sea province of Bartin, killing two crew members, the coast guard said on Sunday, adding that search and rescue operations for more crew members were continuing. Read more »

9 ways the pandemic will change travel in 2021

The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 30 10:39 AM

On the brink of the new year, we looked at nine of the most pressing queries facing the travel industry and individual travelers. Read more »

Japan to develop longer-range anti-ship missiles, as China pressure mounts

Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 12:36 AM

The Okinawa islands are part of a chain stretching from Japan down through to the Philippines that acts as a barrier to Chinese expansion. Read more »

2,000 overseas jobs alok sa POEA online job fair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 07:54 PM

Ikinatuwa ng POEA ang pagbangon ng cruise ship industry kasabay ng pagbubukas ng ibang bansa sa foreign workers. Read more »

Singapore 'cruise-to-nowhere' turns back after COVID-19 case aboard

John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 10:43 AM

A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing all guests to be quarantined in their cabins and the Quantum of the Seas ship to return to dock on Wednesday. Read more »

China’s first ship-borne helicopter drone makes maiden flight

Liu Zhen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 08 01:37 PM

AR-500B, designed to monitor vast maritime areas, successfully completed half-hour test at facility in Jiangxi. The lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle could be used by both warships and coastguard vessels in South China and East China seas. Read more »

UN urges help for virus-stranded ship crews

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 08:40 AM

Seafarers should be classified as "key workers", UN nations urged Tuesday, with the hope that could help clear a way home for some 400,000 of them stuck at sea due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

PCG suspends search, rescue ops for 2 missing crew of sunken vessel off Palawan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 07:01 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard on Thursday suspended its search and rescue operations for the two remaining crew of landing craft Lady Athena that sank Wednesday in waters off Cambari Islands in Araceli, Palawan. Read more »

U.S., Japanese astronauts arrive at ISS in SpaceX ship

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 17 07:57 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon ship carrying a group of four U.S. and Japanese astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station on Monday following its liftoff from NASA's space center a day earlier. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 12, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 12:45 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Royal Caribbean suspends cruises through year end

Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 09:31 AM

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group said on Monday it would stop all its cruises through the end of the year, extending previous suspensions, as coronavirus infections continue to increase globally.   Read more »

1 dead after ship collides with oil rig off Malaysia

Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 01:23 PM

A crew member of a Malaysian offshore support vessel drowned after the ship collided with the oil rig it was serving off Sarawak, on Malaysia Borneo, the coastguard said on Tuesday. Read more »

Vessel catches fire off Cebu City, 2 crew members suffer burns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 08:52 AM

The Philippine Coast Guard said Monday it has rescued the crew of a vessel hit by fire off Shell Island in Cebu City and another cargo ship that encountered engine trouble off Bohol.   Read more »

North Korean gov't ship spotted in Japan's EEZ last month

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 21 06:42 PM

TOKYO - An unidentified ship that was spotted in Japan's exclusive economic zone last month was later found to belong to the North Korean government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday. Read more »

Cruise ship rescues 24 people from sinking boat off Florida coast

Marie Fazio, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 20 11:29 AM

Ships are obligated under maritime law to respond to vessels in distress. Read more »

Japan to seek int'l rules on states' response to infection-hit ships

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 12 10:06 PM

Japan is seeking to propose the establishment of international rules in response to infection-hit cruise ships, after its dealing with the U.S.-operated, British-flagged ship that was quarantined in Yokohama in February shed light on new legal issues, officials said Monday. Read more »

White House kills CDC plan to extend ban on cruise ships

Sheila Kaplan, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 01 02:18 PM

The administration will instead allow the ships to sail after Oct. 31, the date the industry had already agreed to in its own, voluntary plan. Read more »

TUI cruise ship crew negative for COVID-19 after docked at Greek port

Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 05:02 AM

ATHENS - Twelve crew members of a cruise ship that docked at Piraeus port near Athens on Tuesday tested negative for coronavirus in repeat checks by Greek health authorities, the ship's operator TUI Cruises said. Read more »

Australia sends troops to help contain virus on ore ship from Manila

Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 09:55 PM

SYDNEY - Australian defense personnel are being deployed to Port Hedland, one of the world's largest iron ore loading ports, to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on a bulk carrier that last changed crews in the major seafaring city of Manila. Read more »

Cruise ship docks in Greece, repeat COVID test for 12 crew negative

Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 04:28 PM

Voyages of large cruise ships only resumed in recent weeks in Greece after they were banned for months.   Read more »