seafarertimes.com ~ Maritime News for Filipino Seafarers

Backdoor to power: Rise of Duterte-allied party-list seen to boost admin's hold
Michael Joe Delizo at May 22 2019

(excerpts)
Political newcomer Marino banked on the support of the President’s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, to secure a win.

Marino’s first nominee is Carlo Lisandro Gonzalez, whose family owns contractor Ulticon Builders Inc.

TERP makes a-Books for maritime education
GENIVI FACTAO May 22, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/terp-makes-a-books-for-maritime-education/55...

Maritime schools are becoming immersive to digital learning by bringing textbooks in smart phones to make learning more fun for students.

Container Ship Captain Taken By Coast Guard After Collapsing
May 21, 2019 https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Container-Ship-Captain-Taken...

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted the captain of a container ship and took him to a hospital after he clutched his chest and collapsed while aboard the ship in the San Francisco Bay on Monday evening.

International maritime safety, security measures to learn from
The Manila Times May 22, 2019 https://www.manilatimes.net/international-maritime-safety-security-measu...

The Philippines has a lot of things to learn from maritime countries that adopt security measures and plans under the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code).

CALL TO ACTION: The Problem of the Island Commuters to Jolo, etc.
Sharifa Pearlsia P. Ali-Dan - May 21, 2019 https://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2019/05/call-to-action-the-problem-...

Changing of the guards in seafarer’s cause
ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO |May 21,2019 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/234997/changing-of-the-guards-in-seaf...

With two seats as party-list representatives , the major challenge of MARINO is to confront the questions raised on the qualification of its first three nominees who are not seafarers.

Maersk Seafarer Goes Overboard
Shailaja A. Lakshmi May 20, 2019 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/maersk-seafarer-goes-overboard...

A.P.M Moeller-Maersk (Maersk) has informed the search for the missing seafarer who fell overboard from the Maersk Patras on May 19, 2019, has been suspended.

Abandoned at sea: the cargo crew adrift without wages, fuel or supplies
20 May 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/may/20/abandoned-at-sea-the-...

Global merchant fleet surpasses 2bn dwt for the first time
May 20th, 2019 Sam Chambers https://splash247.com/global-merchant-fleet-surpasses-2bn-dwt-for-the-fi...

The global merchant fleet has surpassed the 2bn dwt mark for the first time, doubling in size in just 13 years, and could be on track to hit 3bn dwt by 2033, according to data from Clarkson Research.

‘We won’t be complicit’: Italian dock workers refuse to load Saudi arms ship over Yemen war (VIDEO)
20 May, 2019 https://www.rt.com/news/459806-saudi-arms-ship-blocked-italian-port/

Italian unions have refused to load cargo onto a Saudi ship carrying weapons, in protest against Riyadh’s war on Yemen. The dock workers have gone on strike, refusing to work until the ship leaves port in Genoa.