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Shipowner told to pay for damages caused by Cebu boardwalk collision
City officials in Naga in southern Cebu are demanding damage payments from the owners of a ship that smashed into…
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Abu Sayyaf linked with missing tugboat crew off Sabah
Another tugboat appears to have fallen prey to Abu Sayyaf terrorists with its crew taken hostage. Fishermen off Sabah in…
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Vessel impounded for smuggling arms sinks in the Philippines
A vessel confiscated in 2009 by the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs for arms smuggling has sunk in Manila Bay due to…
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ICTSI signs Australian loan facility for new Melbourne terminal
Describing it as “an early victory for one of ICTSI’s most anticipated container terminal projects,” the Philippine terminal operator today…
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Paying ransoms only encourages more Abu Sayyaf kidnappings: Indonesian VP
Indonesia’s vice president Jusuf Kalla has told shipowners not to negotiate or pay ransoms to release crew abducted by Abu…
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K Line boosting Manila training setup
One of the biggest takers of Filipino seafarers is bolstering its training set up in Manila. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K…
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Three taken hostage in the Celebes Sea
Another tugboat was hit by pirates on Saturday night in the Celebes Sea between the Philippines and Indonesia. Three Indonesian…
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Indonesia bans local ships calling to the Philippines
On Friday Jakarta banned all Indonesian-flagged vessels from heading to the Philippines, after a spate of seafarer kidnappings in the…
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Abu Sayyaf linked with another tugboat capture
Seven Indonesian crewmen working on a tugboat called Charles have been kidnapped in Philippine waters, likely by the Islamist group…
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Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agree on anti-piracy patrols
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have designated a transit corridor for ships crossing a maritime zone hit by a spate…
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Grounded bulker refloated off Cebu
After a very tricky two-day salvage operation, the bulker Belle Rose was refloated this morning and dragged off a reef…
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Abu Sayyaf linked with more seafarer hostages
Philippine and Malaysian police have yet to confirm speculation running rife in Southeast Asia that another four Malaysian seafarers have…
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Abu Sayyaf grabs nearly $3m to release four kidnapped seafarers
It has emerged that families of four kidnapped Malaysian seafarers recently freed by the Abu Sayyaf militant group in the…
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Crew of grounded bulker claim they were trying to avoid fishing vessels
The all Filipino crew of the grounded have told investigators they were taking evasive action to avoid smashing into fishing…
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Greenpeace demands grounded bulker be detained in Cebu
In the early hours of Monday morning a Panamanian-flagged bulker ploughed into pristine coral reefs off northern Cebu in the…
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Manila port rate hike attacked
Shippers in the Philippines are up in arms at plans by one of the nation’s top port operators to hike…
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ICTSI to develop and operate Umm Qasr port in Iraq
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) is to operate, develop and expand container facilities Iraq’s Umm Qasr port and will invest…
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Philippine owner takes pair of ships originally earmarked for scrap
The Southeast Asian owner, Oceanic Container Lines, Inc (OCLI) from the Philippines, has rescued to two smaller multipurpose ships from…
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Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines to strengthen anti-piracy cooperation
Foreign ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agreed at a meeting today to conduct additional sea patrols and establish a…
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Indonesian owners urged to travel in convoy when transiting piracy prone areas
The Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) is telling its members to travel in convoy when transiting anywhere near Mindanao in…
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