Tag: Phillipines

Philippines breached the 13,000-mark of repatriated seafarers today, as on April 13 the DFA welcomed home seven seafarers from MSC Sinfonia, 47 seafarers from Norwegian Jewel and six distressed OFWs from Doha, Qatar.

Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) has achieved its the highest container throughput it has handled since the beginning commercial operations in 2010. Overall, the BCT handled over 310,000 TEUs.

The International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) issued a proposal concerning the modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex and the Port of Dumangas to the Philippine Ports Authority. The Philippine Ports Authority will now begin its evaluation on the legal, financial and technical merits of ICTSI’s proposal.

The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) provided to Excelerate Energy the Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the development of a floating liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Bay of Batangas, in line with DOE's guidelines for 'Rules and Regulation Governing the Philippine Natural Gas Industry.'

The US highlighted the United Nations arbitral tribunal's 2016 decision invalidating China's line claim in the South China Sea is 'final' and 'legally binding,' as the US is strongly against China's attempts to assert its 'unlawful' maritime claims. Namely, the US Department of State noted last weekend that breaching the tribunal decision that rejected China’s nine-dash line maritime claim would be against the law.

The Philippines maritime regulator Maritime Industry Authority, Marina, announced its aspiration on luring private organizations to continue engaging in shipbuilding and repair by growing a scheme for tax incentives. The incentives program is for domestic shipping in order to improve the investment climate in the Philippines and gain more private-sector participation.

Stable Seas published a report focused on piracy attacks daunting around the Sulu and Celebes Seas. The report adopts an overall approach to get an insight on linkages between maritime governance themes and maritime security challenges in the Sulu and Celebes Seas.

State-run Korea Development Bank announced it will help Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, South Korea’s oldest shipbuilder, to stand on its feet, following the shipbuilder's move to file for rehabilitation. KDB reported on February 13, that  it would help Hanjin Heavy negotiate with a number of Filipino financial institutions who are owed vast sums of money by the Korean yard. 

IMO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), IMO security and counter-terrorism treaties, such as SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the suppression of unlawful acts (SUA) instruments, conducted a cross-regional workshop in Bali, Indonesia to support the implementation of the treaties in South and South-East Asia for terrorist attacks. The workshop took place on 5 to 8 of February. 

Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) Cebu port chaplain has spoken of the devastation caused by the typhoon and efforts to provide assistance.