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Crew Member Had A Brush With Death When He Fell Overboard Trying To Secure The Gangway
MI News Network February 21, 2023 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/filipino-crew-member-rescued...

Shipping Industry Grapples with Ways to Reduce Cargo Fires at Sea
Jonathan Saul/Reuters February 22, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/shipping-industry-grapples-with-ways-to-reduce-carg...

ICMA gathers intl seafarer volunteers
Yashika F. Torib February 22, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/02/22/business/maritime/icma-gathers-in...

Delegates to the ICMA organized Ahoy Training being held in Manila starting Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

SBSR stakeholders appeal for tax incentives from govt
February 22, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/02/22/business/maritime/sbsr-stakeholde...

FILIPINO shipbuilders that gathered at the two-day Expo Maritime Philippines 2023 unanimously pressed the government to level the playing field by extending to them similar incentives that foreign shipbuilders have been enjoying for many years now.

Taiwan, the Philippines and South Korea to Form Asia Archipelago Cruise Alliance
February 21, 2023 https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/02/taiwan-the-philippine...

ECCP urges immediate creation of PH flag registry for ships
Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat February 19, 2023 https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/19/eccp-urges-immediate-creation-of-ph-flag-re...

The government is strongly urged to establish as soon as possible a Philippine National Flag registry for ships trading nationally and globally to support and promote the country’s maritime sector or the so-called “blue economy”.

Gov't urged to support maritime sector, reduce hiring fees: stakeholder
Jekki Pascual, Feb 17 2023 https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/17/23/govt-urged-to-reduce-maritime...

MANILA - The government must explore ways to reduce fees paid by foreign shipping firms when hiring Filipino seafarers to avoid a decline in employment numbers, a stakeholder said on Friday.

Maersk looks to South Africa for new cadets
20 February 2023 https://africanreview.com/transport-a-logistics/shipping/maersk-looks-to...

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), following an extensive review process, has identified South Africa as a high potential location for sourcing new crew members for its fleet of 280 full-owned and operated container vessels

Escrow provision in the pending Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers is unconstitutional and anti-labor
Atty. Dennis Gorecho February 21, 2023 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/02/21/escrow-provision-in-the-pending...

IN the guise of protecting mariners, the inclusion of an escrow provision in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers is unconstitutional and anti-labor.

Albania Seizes Liberia-Registered Ship Carrying Suspected Russian Oil
Geri Emiri February 20, 2023 https://balkaninsight.com/2023/02/20/albania-blocks-liberian-registered-...

Albanian police on Monday seized a Liberian-registered ship carrying some 22,500 tons of petroleum near Durres and arrested the crew, suspecting the oil is from Russia.