seafarertimes.com ~ Maritime News for Filipino Seafarers

Kasargod: Indonesia takes control of cargo ship, 22 Indians in dire straits
Jul 18 2019 https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=606545

Manila asks Iran to free Filipino on seized British-flagged tanker
Agence France-Presse July 20, 2019 https://www.rappler.com/nation/235856-manila-asks-iran-free-filipino-sei...

(UPDATED) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs says one of the crew members of the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero is a Filipino citizen

Filipinos among 23 crew of oil tanker seized by Iran
July 20,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/246067/filipinos-among-23-crew-of-oil...

Filipino seafarers were among the 23 crew members aboard the British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran Friday in the Strait of Hormuz for allegedly violating international laws.

There were no reports any of the crew members that also include Indian, Russian and Latvian nationalities were injured.

Gov't working on release of Filipino seafarer after Iran seized tanker
CNN Philippines Staff Jul 20, 2019 https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/7/20/filipino-seafarer-iran-seized-...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 20) — The government is taking steps to make sure the Filipino seafarer on board a British-flagged ship that was seized by Iranian authorities Friday night will be back home safe.

Two more Iranian ships may be stranded in Brazil as sanctions bite
Marcelo Teixeira 19 July 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-iran-sanctions-ships/two-more-...

The Latest: Gulf incidents rattle shipping industry
20 July 2019 https://www.apnews.com/48237d0b56374bcfa857cceca9adf977

MARINO party-list solon wants quarterly reports on welfare, rights of PH seafarers
Charissa Luci-Atienza July 20, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/07/20/marino-party-list-solon-wants-quarterl...

Trump: US 'destroyed' an Iranian drone
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/07/18/trump-us-destroyed-ir...

President Donald Trump says a US ship "destroyed" an Iranian drone after it came within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer and ignored "multiple calls to stand down."
Source: CNN

Iran ‘seizes foreign oil tanker’ with 12 crew on board
Richard Hall https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-oil-tanker-gul...

Tensions between Tehran and the UK are rising after a series of run-ins in the Gulf

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized a “foreign” tanker with 12 people on board in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the crew of smuggling oil.

U.S. Demands Iran Release Foreign Ship, Crew Seized This Week
Nick Wadhams and Arsalan Shahla July 18, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/iran-forces-seize-for...

The U.S. condemned Iranian naval activity in the Persian Gulf and demanded the Islamic Republic release a small tanker and its crew that its forces seized earlier this week as tensions in the Persian Gulf remain high.