Tag: Philippines

According to Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the China Coast Guard has attemped to head off a Philippine supply convoy using forceful methods. 

The Philippines is a dominant source of seafarers and cadets, contributing significantly to the global merchant fleet. Filipino seafarers are known for their English proficiency, quality education and training, cultural affinity for seafaring, and cost-competitiveness, argues Konstantinos Galanakis, Chief Executive Officer at ELVICTOR GROUP Inc.

Using the Philippines as a case study, a report commissioned by the ICS from the Institute of the Americas, highlights how seafarer remittances contributed considerably to the nation’s GDP in 2022.

Groups representing the shipping industry participated in a key summit in the Philippines aimed at strengthening the seafaring workforce.

The Philippines and Indonesia, which are home to just under 21% of the world’s crew members, are taking action to support their seafarers in developing modern skill sets as shipping decarbonizes.

According to Philippine Coast Guard, on 28th April, a derelict car carrier caught fire off Philippines. The fire continues to burn several hours after being first reported with one of the Coast Guard’s tugs augmenting the firefighting efforts.

ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has secured the freedom for 13 abandoned Filipino seafarers stuck in Singapore for five months and has won $1 million back for crews.

AG&P received the first LNG cargo for the Philippines' first LNG import terminal. Meanwhile, the first LNG tanker, pursuant to the agreement between Botash and Bulgargaz, arrived in Turkiye.

The final reading of a measure that passes a bill in favor of Filipino seafarers' interests and rights, known as “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers,” was approved in March with the aim to ensure that they have “full protection” before, during, and after employment, especially in the event of maritime accidents, epidemics or pandemics, or other natural or man-made crisis.

The Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) and a Japanese salvor have begun a bagging operation to seal off leaks from the sunken tanker Princess Empress, which sank south of Luzon off Pola, Oriental Mindoro on February 28th.