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Four dead, nine still missing in Philippine cargo ship grounding
Four of the 20 crewmembers of the grounded cargo vessel LCT Cebu Great Ocean have been found dead along the…
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Seven rescued, 13 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines
Seven of the 20 crewmembers of LCT Cebu Great Ocean have been rescued after they went missing when the vessel…
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20 missing after cargo ship runs aground in Philippines during super typhoon
Search and rescue operations are ongoing for 20 missing crewmembers of a vessel laden with nickel ore that ran aground…
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Filipino seafarers abducted from chemical tanker off Benin return home
Ten Filipino seafarers who were abducted from De Poli Tankers’ vessel Davide B off the coast of Benin in the…
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McDermott’s CB&I to deliver storage tank for Philippines’ first LNG import terminal
McDermott’s CB&I Storage Solutions business has secured a contract from Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of Manila (AG&P) for the…
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Oil tanker and bulk carrier collide off Cavite City
An oil tanker and dry bulk ship collided in waters off Cavite City, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday.…
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First Gen picks BW FSRU for Batangas LNG project
BW Group’s business unit BW Gas has won a five-year charter deal with First Gen for floating storage regasification unit…
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Concern Abu Sayyaf might be targeting ships again
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, an Asian piracy monitoring organisation, today issued a warning based on information from the Philippine Coast…
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Covid-19 variants spook Manila, crew change bans put in place
New strains of Covid-19 detected in the UK and South Africa are spooking immigration authorities around the world. The variants…
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Last refinery in the Philippines shutters
The last refinery working in the Philippines will close next month. Petron said the decision to close its loss-making 180,000…
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Manila, Singapore seafarer safe corridor preparations progress
Singaporean authorities have green lighted hotel conditions in Manila as seafarer safe corridor preparations between the Philippines and the key…
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ICTSI connects 31 terminals to TradeLens
Manila-based port operator ICTSI has connected all of its 31 terminals to TradeLens, a blockchain platform jointly developed by IBM…
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Manila urged to get its house in order as Covid crewing crisis brews
The manning industry in the Philippines is reeling from the double Covid flare-ups on two bulk carriers calling at Port…
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Australian miners seek alternatives to Manila for crew as repeat Covid flare-ups hit Port Hedland
A second Filipino crewed bulk carrier in the space of just over a fortnight calling Port Hedland in Western Australia…
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Nomikos bulk carrier finally allowed to leave the Philippines
The Nomikos Transworld Maritime-controlled bulk carrier has departed the Philippines three months after it collided with a fishing vessel resulting…
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Robberies on the rise in the Philippines
With more ships calling the Philippines this year to carry out crew changes there has been a concurrent rise in…
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Crew change credentials of the Philippines analysed
News carried earlier this week that the Philippines is trying to position itself as one of the world’s top crew…
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Filipino crewing supremo calls for global digital quarantine pass to resolve the crew change crunch
The world’s manning hubs need to club together and come up with digital solutions to reassure other stakeholders and fix…
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Feeder boxship slams into pier at Manila port
The 2003-built 639 teu feeder containership slammed into a pier at Manila North Harbor Port on Monday. According to the…
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ICTSI secures port concession contract in Cameroon
Manila-based container port operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has entered into a concession contract with the Port Autonome de…
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