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.
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”.
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.
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
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.
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.
