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‘Opening more RORO ports to boost income of farmers’
JOVEE MARIE DE LA CRUZ CAI ORDINARIO December 13, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/12/13/opening-more-roro-ports-to-boos...

A leader of the House of Representatives is proposing the creation of more roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ports in the country to boost farmers’ incomes and lower food transportation costs.

13K OFWs in quarantine stretch Owwa’s facilities, resources
Samuel P. Medenilla December 16, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/12/16/13k-ofws-in-quarantine-stretch-...

AROUND 13,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) are now back in the country in time for the Christmas holidays, putting considerable strain on quarantine accommodations of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa).

Quarantine programme launched to combat omicron crew crunch
Sam Chambers December 16, 2021 https://splash247.com/quarantine-programme-launched-to-combat-omicron-cr...

Shipowners, seafarers’ unions and maritime employer groups are establishing their own approved international network of quarantine facilities to ensure seafarers can safely join ships, despite unpredictable changes to government border policies.

Robredo vows more cadetship programs to increase officers from seafarers‘ ranks
December 16, 2021 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/814869/robredo-vows-mo...

Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo said Thursday her administration will widen access to cadetship programs for Filipino seafarers which will allow them to be promoted to officers and increase their income.
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Seafarers abandoned in Kenya face bleak Christmas
16/12/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/seafarers-abandoned-in-kenya-face-b...

Ten seafarers from the Ra-Horakthy fishing vessel, abandoned in Mombasa, Kenya for the past nine months, face a bleak Christmas as efforts to seek legal redress and repatriation have been delayed.

Charter Vessels ‘Auctioned’ as War Among Carriers Heats Up
Mike Wackett December 16, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/charter-vessels-auctioned-as-war-among-carriers-hea...

The consultant said: “As 2021 draws to a close, it will be remembered as a historic year for the container charter market, with an all-time high demand, a continuously tight supply and record-breaking charter rates.”

Robredo says gov't should help seafarers become deck officers
Dec 16 2021 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/16/21/robredo-govt-should-help-seafarer...

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday said government should help seafarers become deck officers with higher salaries through a cadetship program.

#OdettePH: 338 passengers, 302 vessels stranded in Central Visayas
Delta Dyrecka Letigio December 15,2021 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/417422/odetteph-338-passengers-302-ve...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 338 passengers and 302 sea vessels are currently stranded in the different ports in Cebu due to Typhoon Odette.

Two drunk seafarers arrested after fatal collision off Sweden
Adis Ajdin December 14, 2021 https://splash247.com/two-drunk-seafarers-arrested-after-fatal-collision...

Two crew members of the UK-flagged cargo vessel Scot Carrier have been arrested after they were found to be over the legal limit for alcohol at the time of a collision with the Danish cargo ship Karin Høj in the Baltic Sea that killed at least one seafarer.

Seafarer shot and others kidnapped from containership in Gulf of Guinea
Nick Savvides 14/12/2021 https://theloadstar.com/crew-kidnapped-from-cma-cgm-vessel-in-gulf-of-gu...

Up to nine crew members on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea are thought to have been kidnapped, while another is being treated for a bullet wound in the leg.

The 21-year-old CMA CGM-chartered Tonsberg was attacked by pirates some 48 nautical miles south-west of Luba, at around 4pm UK time yesterday.