Tag: Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) informed that its Task Force Aduana assisted in the implementation of a cease-and-desist order (CDO) against the shipment of mineral ores onboard MV Van Knight.

Global organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippines’s Department of Migrant Workers on 11 January, to form the International Advisory Committee on Global Maritime Affairs (IACGMA).

The Philippines Department of Health has announced that, following the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in China, there is a need to intensify the monitoring and implementation of border control protocols for incoming individuals, especially from China, at all ports of entry.

Denmark reaffirmed its support for the efforts of the maritime industry of the Philippines to comply with the international naval standards as introduced by the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention.

A delegation from the World Maritime University (WMU) was in the Philippines from 14 to 18 November in relation to the consultation and assessment elements of the Study to Address Safety and Energy Efficiency of Domestic Passenger Ships in the Philippines.

On December 13, organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers, met with the Philippines' President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr, as part of his foreign policy tour in Brussels.

The consultation and assessment elements of a project to assist the Philippines to improve the safety and energy efficiency of its domestic ferry operations have concluded.

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has given his nod to the Department of Energy's (DOE) plan to explore and develop the country's offshore wind (OSW) potential as a source of clean and sustainable energy.

A passenger vessel ran aground at the Jagna Port in Bohol, on October 28, when strong winds and waves dragged it.

About eight crew of a tugboat were saved on October 9 after the vessel sank in the waters of Golo Island in Occidental Mindoro province, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).