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MARINA has high hopes for new Bacolod City training institute
Alexandria Dennise San Juan February 15, 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/15/marina-has-high-hopes-for-new-bacolod-city-...

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has launched in Bacolod City a training institute that aims to provide global leadership training to all maritime professionals.

Healthy Filipino crew replaced with another healthy crew
STEPAN KOTCHERGA February 16, 2021 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/02/16/healthy-filipino-crew-replace...

Remittances dip 0.8% in 2020 at $29.9 B
Lee C. Chipongian 15 FEb 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/15/remittances-dip-0-8-in-2020-at-29-9-b/amp/

The pandemic-affected cash remittances fell by 0.8 percent year-on-year to $29.903 billion in 2020 from $30.133 billion which was lower than what the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) estimated was a two percent contraction for the year.

Filipina seafarer missing after fall from Danish container ship
Mette Larsen • February 14, 2021 https://scandasia.com/filipina-seafarer-missing-after-fall-from-danish-c...

A 24-year-old crew member from the Philippines is missing after she allegedly fell off the Danish-flagged container ship Santa Clara in Germany.

Greatship Rohini fire: 3 trapped crew members found dead
Manish K Pathak, FEB 15, 2021 https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/greatship-rohini-fire-...

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has recovered the bodies of three crew members who were reported trapped inside the engine room of the ill-fated offshore supply ship ‘Greatship Rohini’ which caught fire on Saturday

Container shipping major accidents and bottlenecks, and socialism
Mikhail Voytenko February 15, 2021 http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/02/15/container-shipping-major-acci...

The permutations for shipping of a muted Chinese New Year
Sam Chambers February 11, 2021 https://splash247.com/the-permutations-for-shipping-of-a-muted-chinese-n...

he world’s largest human mass migration is a muted affair this year, something that has significant ramifications across many strands of shipping.

Chinese officials expect 1.15bn trips during the Lunar New Year holiday period, which started today, a 60% drop from pre-virus 2019 days.

House panel pushes creation of search and rescue group on sea mishaps
Ben Rosario February 12, 2021 https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/12/house-panel-pushes-creation-of-search-and-r...

The House Committee on Overseas Filipino has called for the creation of an inter-agency task force that will be tapped to conduct search and rescue operations during sea mishaps within or outside the territorial waters of the Philippines.

Fears for Filipino jobs as crew deployments crash
Declan Bush 12 Feb 2021

The International Maritime Employers’ Council said the coronavirus backdrop was responsible for some, but not all, of the fall. Employers may turn to other nationalities at some point in the future

Workers on specialized vessels misclassified as seamen: Court
Judy Greenwald February 12, 2021 https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20210212/NEWS06/912339791/Work...

A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling Thursday and held that workers on specialized vessels were not seamen, and therefore should have been paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.