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Lack of Crew Forces Delay in Return to Service for Diamond Princess
Aug 9, 2022 https://maritime-executive.com/article/lack-of-crew-forces-delay-in-retu...

Liner shipping on course to smash last year’s record profits
Sam Chambers August 10, 2022 https://splash247.com/liner-shipping-on-course-to-smash-last-years-recor...

Passenger certificate of grounded ship in Iloilo suspended
Perla Lena August 10, 2022 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1180988

ILOILO CITY – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) effective Tuesday suspended the passenger ship safety certificate (PSSC) disallowing travel of MV Filipinas Cebu, a roll on-roll off/passenger vessel of the Cokaliong Shipping Lines bound for Cebu, which ran aground off waters of Sitio Maipe, Barangay Igbon, Concepcion, Iloilo on Aug. 8, 2022.

DPWH-Tacloban accomplishes training pool construction for Maritime trainees
DPWH-TCDEO August 10, 2022 r

TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - Tacloban City District Engineering Office (TCDEO) has completed the construction of a training pool with a diving board on April 21, 2022 for the trainees enrolled in various National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) training courses and specialization programs.

Lawmaker wants Marina to take over PPA's regulatory function
Genivi Verdejo August 10, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/10/business/maritime/lawmaker-wants-...

A BILL seeking the transfer of the Philippine Ports Authority's (PPA) regulatory function to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) was filed in Congress

PCG says ship in Iloilo ran aground due to helmsman falling asleep
Jean Mangaluz August 10, 2022 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1644047/pcg-says-ship-in-iloilo-ran-agroun...

Passenger vessel MV Filipinas Cebu runs aground in Iloilo. Screenshot from PCG

Food at sea: changing menus
August 9, 2022 https://splash247.com/food-at-sea-changing-menus/

Marine Catering Training Consultancy (MCTC) CEO Christian Ioannou reflects on how the industry has evolved over the past decade as his company reaches its 10th anniversary.

Seafaring realities through the eyes of a candid engineer
Yashika F. Torib August 10, 2022 https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/10/business/maritime/seafaring-reali...

Argie Goloran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Ro-ro vessel runs aground off Iloilo; 261 passengers, crew rescued
Martin Sadongdong August 9, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/09/ro-ro-vessel-runs-aground-off-iloilo-261-pa...

(Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard)
A roll-on/roll-off passenger ship ran aground off Concepcion, Iloilo past Tuesday midnight, August 9.

Police make $280m cargo ship cocaine bust
August 6 2022 https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/7850151/police-make-280m-car...

Police are asking the public for help in busting a criminal syndicate behind the importation via cargo ship of 700 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $280 million.

Australian Border Force officers found the drugs on July 22 while inspecting containers on the vessel Maersk Inverness at Port Botany in Sydney.