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Crew change problems continue

New national lockdowns, an increase in flight cancelations, travel restrictions, and increasingly strict crew change requirements, especially in Asia, are preventing seafarers from going back home after completing their contracts. This is

seafarer vaccination rates are low

Seafarer vaccination rates still low

The Global Maritime Forum says that data provided by leading ship managers indicates that only 15.3% of seafarers have received COVID-19 vaccinations and that the crew change crisis continues to get worse.

Deadly tanker and dredge collision caused two fatalities

Tanker held after deadly collision with dredge

A 50,420 dwt, 2011-built products tanker, the Petite Soeur, is currently being held in the Philippines following a collision with a Sierra Leone flagged hopper dredge. The Marshall Islands registered Petite Soeur