seafarertimes.com ~ Maritime News for Filipino Seafarers

World Oceans Day “Investing in Ocean Futures: Finance and Innovation for the Blue Economy”
08/06/2019 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/world-oceans-day-investing-in-ocean...

Wages of seamen in S. Korea inch up in 2018
May 30, 2019 https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190530002500320

Marina: Seafarers’ remittances to rise 30%
Lorenz S. Marasigan - June 7, 2019 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/06/07/marina-seafarers-remittances-to...

IMO sets out to expose gender imbalance to drive change
Sam Chambers June 6th, 2019 https://splash247.com/imo-sets-out-to-expose-gender-imbalance-to-drive-c...

Shipping’s gender imbalance has been a hot topic at this week’s Nor-Shipping event taking place in Norway with discussions centring on making the issue far more transparent to drive change.

Cargo ship slams into riverbank after colliding with another boat in Shanghai
Paul Carmichael 6 June 2019 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cargo-ship-slams-riverbank-colliding-100400813...

[OPINION] Predeparture inspection of domestic vessels should no longer be PCG’s task
Jay Tristan Tarriela June 06, 2019 https://www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/232252-predeparture-inspection-d...

It is no longer practiced in other parts of the world, and it allows shipowners not to share the blame when sea mishaps happen

Why seafarers value having a ‘friend’ in port
June 6th, 2019 https://splash247.com/why-seafarers-value-having-a-friend-in-port/

Dr Esteban Pacha, acting chair of the trustees of Apostleship of the Sea, writes exclusively for Splash today.

Hardly a day goes by that seafarers’ wellbeing and mental health doesn’t crop up in conversation.

They were seldom discussed when I was a seafarer in the 80s and 90s, so what has changed?

Search Continues for Crew of Cargo Ship Believed Sunk in Central Sulawesi
TELLY NATHALIA JUNE 06, 2019 https://jakartaglobe.id/context/search-continues-for-crew-of-cargo-ship-...

Jakarta. The Ministry of Transportation has deployed patrol boats in search of 17 missing crewmembers of the cargo ship KM Lintas Timur, which is believed to have sunk in the Banggai Sea off Central Sulawesi on Saturday, an official said on Wednesday.

DOTr vows to ensure PH remains to be leading seafarer provider
Aerol John Pateña June 5, 2019 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1071631

MANILA -- The Philippines will continue to improve the quality of maritime education to maintain its status as a leading provider of seafarers in the world, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday.

Filipino seafarers in trouble as PH’s maritime education fails to meet int’l standard, EU warns
Roy Mabasa June 4, 2019 https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/06/04/filipino-seafarers-in-trouble-as-phs-m...

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday warned the Philippines on the “pressing issue” that Filipino mariners are facing as an offshoot of the failure of the country’s maritime schools to meet international standards.