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More than 100 container ships rerouted from Suez canal to avoid Houthi attacks
Jasper Jolly Wed 20 Dec 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/20/more-than-100-container...
Cape of Good Hope diversion adds 6,000 nautical miles and three or four weeks to delivery times and has driven up oil prices

US to lead naval escort operation in the Red Sea
Sam Chambers December 18, 2023 https://splash247.com/us-to-lead-naval-escort-operation-in-the-red-sea/

The US is deploying naval assets to the Red Sea as trade between Asia and Europe slows following multiple attacks on merchant shipping carried out by Iranian-backed Houthis in waters off Yemen in recent weeks.

Escrow provision of the Magna Carta for Seafarers concerns Gabriela solon
Gabriel Pabico Lalu - December 14, 2023 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1875295/escrow-provision-of-the-magna-cart...

Kabayan strands 5,400 as sea voyages suspended
Evelyn Macairan -December 19, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/12/19/2319884/kabayan-strands-54...

MANILA, Philippines — About 5,400 people were stranded in various seaports in the Visayas and Mindanao as of noon yesterday as Tropical Depression Kabayan weakened and continued to move across the West Philippine Sea, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.

Fair winds for seafarers’ charter
Philippine Daily Inquirer / December 17, 2023 https://opinion.inquirer.net/169078/fair-winds-for-seafarers-charter

The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers has finally sailed through Congress and is now awaiting the signature of President Marcos who certified the bill as urgent earlier this year.

Filipino seafarers safe after Yemen rebel attack — DMW
Adrian Parungao December 16, 2023 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1876149/dmw-on-filipinos-on-container-ship...(direct)&utm_medium=gallery

MANILA, Philippines — The 15 Filipino crew members of the container ship Al Jasrah are “safe and accounted for,” the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday.

Ships shot at in the Red Sea
Sam Chambers December 13, 2023 https://splash247.com/ships-shot-at-in-the-red-sea/

Ships were shot at while passing near Yemen today in the latest acts terrorising seafarers transiting the Red Sea, a region that has become massively unstable since the Houthi militia decided to enter the Israeli war on the side of Hamas a month ago.

U.S. Shipping CEO Calls for Foreign Seafarers Amidst US Merchant Marine Pay and Crewing Crisis
John Konrad December 11, 2023 https://gcaptain.com/u-s-shipping-ceo-calls-for-foreign-seafarers-amidst...

Execution bond in the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers is anti-labor and unconstitutional
ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO | December 12, 2023 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/544934/execution-bond-in-the-magna-ca...

The bi-cameral committee deliberated last week the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers that omitted the controversial escrow deposit but contained an equally anti-labor and unconstitutional provision on execution bond.

All 25 OFWs on board ship hit by Russian missile now in PH
GMA Integrated News December 9, 2023 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/890875/all-25-ofws-...

Eight Filipino crew members of the sea vessel Kmax Ruler, which was hit by a Russian missile last month, were repatriated on Friday, the Department of Migrant Workers said on Saturday.
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