Philippines
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Asia
Filipino owners urged to order at domestic yards
Filipino shipowners and operators in the domestic trade have been urged to order ships with local shipbuilders for the modernisation…
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Philippine Register of Shipping: Safety drive
Philippine Register of Shipping, the country’s first and largest classification society, has embarked on a rebranding while expanding its services…
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India takes steps to compete with the Philippines in crewing
The Indian government is concerned at its dwindling global market share of seafarers and is taking action. Representatives of leading…
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Maritime Double Shots: E-book packs a punch
Over the weekend an old chum of Maritime CEO’s launched an e-book, which we have been fortunate enough to gain…
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Asia
ICTSI quits Nigerian port project
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) continues to prune its ports empire. Having already exited Brunei and Portland this year,…
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Asia
Philippine authority requests to siphon oil from sunken ship
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Philippines has declared that the sunken site of general cargo ship is…
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Asia
General cargo vessel sinks off the Philippines
General cargo vessel sank off the shoreline of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City in the Philippines yesterday. The Philippine Coast Guard…
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Philippine Bureau of Customs taken to court over ‘unwarranted’ tanker seizure
Magnolia Shipping, a Singapore offshoot of Greece’s Sea World, has taken the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs to court over a…
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Asia
Crews warned of armed threat off the southern Philippines
An in-depth 29-page report from Asia-based piracy information centre, ReCAAP ISC warns today that the situation off the southern Philippines…
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Asia
Soldiers free Abu Sayyaf-held master
One of two seafarers taken captive on Thursday by Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf was freed on Saturday as local…
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Maritime CEO
Magsaysay Transport and Logistics: How to make shipping in the Philippines easier
A well-known name in Southeast Asian shipping circles, Ian Claxton, quit his post at Thailand’s Thoresen Shipping, and is now…
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Asia
Abu Sayyaf attacks again
Philippine terrorist organisation Abu Sayyaf has once again been linked with two attacks in the south of the country. The…
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Europe
Economou secures four VLCC newbuilds for just $76m per unit
Splash understands George Economou has managed to negotiate a sensationally low price of just $76m per unit for a series…
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Asia
ICTSI prepares for 13,000 teu ships on intra-Asia trades
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is preparing for an enlarged set of boxships operating on the intra-Asia trades. The…
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Asia
Tsuneishi to create giant $100m recycling yard in the Philippines
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is readying a massive new ship recycling facility in the Philippines. The firm, which already has shipbuilding…
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Asia
Australian authorities recover cash for underpaid Filipino seafarers
Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered A$100,649 ($77,309) for ten seafarers from the Philippines who were underpaid while working in…
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Asia
Seafarer killed, seven abducted off the southern Philippines
A Vietnamese seafarer was killed and another seven kidnapped in the Sulu Sea of the Philippines yesterday evening. Gunmen, likely…
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Asia
Duterte asks China for help to fight piracy, compares Sulu Sea to Somalia
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked China to help in the fight against Muslim militants belonging to the Abu Sayyaf…
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Asia
Tsuneishi eyes second yard in the Philippines
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding is looking at building another yard in the Philippines. The shipbuilder, which has yards in the south…
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Asia
VLCC delivery highlights Philippines’ emergence as a top shipbuilder
The Philippines has joined a very select club as a nation capable of building VLCCs, one of the cream of…
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