Crew positive

Captain Recounts “Horrendous” Ordeal Onboard Vessel Amid Pandemic

An article in the Manila Bulletin explains the condition of a filipino captain aboard cargo vessel MV Athens amid the coronavirus infection.

Safety protocols followed

MV Athens Bridge Captain Marlon Quiñones, in an interview with the Manila Bulletin, said that it was a normal ship’s operation and the crew members followed the safety protocols during their whole stay in Chennai and Kattupalli ports in India.

The Panama-flagged cargo vessel departed from India on April 22 and proceeded to their next...

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12 Tanker Crew Test Positive, 2 in ICU!

Maritime bulletin reports of COVID positive crew aboard chemical tanker.

Crew test positive

Tanker FMT BERGAMA arrived at Port-la-Nouvelle from Terneuzen, Netherlands, in the evening May 6, was berthed on May 8.

Prior to arrival, Master reported COVID-like symptoms among crew. They have been tested while the ship was at anchor, 12 were found to be test positive, 4 had to be taken to hospital, 2 of them put in ICU.

  • Same unanswered question – were the crew members vaccinated before the voyage?
  • Such...

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Cargo Ship Quarantined: 1 Dead & 10 Test Positive

A Greek cargo ship has been quarantined off the island of Crete since Sunday after a sailor died and 10 more tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reads an ekathimerini press release.

Crew test positive

A Filipino national, aged 55, was found dead in his cabin by the captain while the ship was sailing off Egypt, heading to the port of Kali Limenes in southern Crete, the announcement said. A 59-year-old Greek sailor, who is also infected, was airlifted to a hospital in Rhodes where he is...

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Crew Aboard Anchored Oil Tanker Test COVID19 Positive

An oil tanker has been anchored off Cape Breton since Sunday because of concerns several crew members may have contracted COVID-19, reports CBC News.

Crew test COVID positive

Karl Risser, Atlantic inspector for the International Transport Workers Federation, said one crew member on the STI San Telmo has tested positive and is in quarantine in a Sydney, N.S., hotel.

Risser says he’s been told another seven members of the crew have also tested positive for COVID-19.

He says the oil tanker was headed...

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Defence Troops Deployed To Help Contain COVID-19 on Bulk Carrier

  • Australian soldiers are being deployed to Port Hedland to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on a bulk carrier that last changed crews in the seafaring city of Manila.
  • The ship, which was scheduled to collect manganese ore which is used in steel production, is anchored off Port Hedland on the coast of Western Australia.
  • Seventeen of the 21-crew members on the ship have tested positive for the virus.
  • Ten of the infected crew have been moved to hotel quarantine while seven infected workers...

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Tanker Quarantined After Crew Test Positive for COVID-19

  • Product tanker Nordic Wolverine ran aground at Barranquilla on July 19.
  • The vessel was refloated on  July 30 by 4 tugs, and taken to anchorage at Cano Dulce area.
  • Authorities ran tests and found 3 crew members were virus positive, putting the tanker under quarantine.

Crew members were found coronavirus positive on the tanker Nordic Wolverine and the vessel was quarantined, reports Maritime Bulletin.

Coronavirus positive crew

As of morning August 12, tanker Nordic Wolverine was still anchored at...

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Crew Change Aboard Test Positive Panamax Vessel

Eleven out of 22 crew of a Greek Panamax bulk carrier PATRA were found test positive, almost immediately on arrival at Yuzhniy Port, Ukraine, Black sea, reports Maritime Bulletin.

The ship was anchored at outer anchorage, crew underwent medical screen, several were found to have flu symptoms, and after that, all crew were tested.

Crew change and disinfection

The ship has been moved to port and berthed at night same day at quarantine pier, with all crew on board. 11 positive crew may be...

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40 COVID19 Cruise Cases, Virus Spread Along the Coast

  • Norway stopped all cruise ships with more than 100 people on board from disembarking at its ports, after an outbreak of COVID-19.
  • The cruise line has contacted passengers who had been on the MS Roald Amundsen which departed to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
  • The municipality of Tromsoe is urging people who have traveled on the ship or anyone in contact with the ship to get in touch with health authorities.

A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural...

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Crew Test Positive Aboard Aframax Tanker

Aframax tanker left without crew on Piraeus Anchorage, writes Stepan Kotcherga for Maritime Bulletin.

Crew members test positive 

Aframax tanker MERBABU arrived at Megara Greece from Ceyhan Turkey, with cargo of crude, on July 17. After offloading cargo, tanker was anchored off Megara.

On July 26, one crew was reported to authorities having fever. Medics team board the ship, and figured out that 16 were infected from a total of 25 crew members.

Tanker was moved to Piraeus Anchorage and all crew...

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