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3rd Indian tests positive for coronavirus on cr uise ship off coast Japan The Indian Embassy in Tokyo has said that one more Indian crew member on Diamond Princess, the ship stranded off coast Japan, has tested positive for Covid-19. Modi-Ji, Please...": Indian Crew's SOS Video From Quarantined Japan Ship The person has been hospitalised for treatment, the Embassy said in a statement. Earlier, two other Indians had been tested positive for coronavirus on the ship. "The Indian Embassy is in touch with all three whose conditions are stable and improving," the statement said. As of Friday, there were at least 218 people who had tested positive for coronavirus on Diamond Princess. This included three Indian nationals who are its crew members. All 218 infected people have been taken to hospitals for further treatment and quarantine. In a statement the India Embassy said, "No other Indian national on-board Diamond Princess cruise ship has developed a

Ghost Ship WESTERDAM latest: Thailand refused entry to disembark passengers Thailand will not allow WESTERDAM to disembark passengers at the Laem Chabang port, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Feb 11. Mr Anutin posted a short Facebook message saying he has directed authorities not to allow the Westerdam ship to dock in Thailand. The message was posted after the operator of the vessel announced on Feb 10 the ship will disembark passengers at port in Chon Buri on Feb 11, Kyodo News reported. Feb 10: Hapless cruise ship WESTERDAM with 1257 people on board has become a Flying Dutchman, a ship from techno thriller movie – she’s rejected entry by country after country, port after port, and her present port of destination is unclear. The ship is (was) on a 14-day Taiwan & Japan cruise, she departed Hong Kong on February 1, with 1455 passengers and 802 crew on board. WESTERDAM was scheduled to call Japanese Ishigaki Island, Naha, Okinawa, Nagasaki and Fukuoka

Shipping Gets Smashed by Coronavirus in More Ways Than One The shipping industry tends to do badly when Chinese demand disappoints, but the outbreak of the coronavirus has done more than just damage the amount of cargo that needs to be transported. It’s also preventing many owners from making their ships commercially viable. Giant Capesize carriers that take iron ore and coal to China are now earning less than $2,600 a day, according to the Baltic Exchange in London. That’s a fraction of what they need even to pay their crew, and 93% below a 2019 peak. Supertankers transporting 2 million-barrel cargoes of crude have collapsed about 95% from their high point last year. That’s bad enough, but for a big part of the shipping industry the virus is presenting additional woes: many owners urgently need to have their vessels fitted with equipment called scrubbers at shipyards in China. The kit allows carriers to keep legally burning fuel that would save them millions of dollars a year. The cor

"Modi- Ji , Please...": Indian Crew's SOS Video From Quarantined Japan Ship Coronavirus: In a video recorded from Diamond Express, the Indian crew member appealed to the government and the United Nations to segregate the Indians on board. Panic has struck the crew and passengers of the luxury cruiseliner that has been quarantined off a port in Japan since February 5. An Indian crew member on-board Diamond Express told News channel that the captain of the ship announced today that 66 people have been tested positive for the new coronavirus. He is one of the 160 Indian crew members on the ship.  More than 3,700 passengers and crew are facing a two-week quarantine . Binay Kumar Sarkar, a chef from north Bengal who had earlier gone on social media to appeal to the Indian government for help, told News channel that there was full-fledged panic on-board. In a video recorded from the ship, Mr Sarkar appealed to the government and the United Nations to se