seafarertimes.com ~ Maritime News for Filipino Seafarers

Cargo ship with 10 crewmen missing since storm Kristine hit
Madonna T. Virola, Nestor Corrales November 01, 2024 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2000020/cargo-ship-with-10-crewmen-missing...(direct)&utm_medium=gallery

A cargo vessel with 10 crew members has been missing since Oct. 27, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Thursday as it launched search and rescue operations in the waters off Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro province.

A third of seafarers suffer from seasickness
21 October 2024 https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/telegraph/a-third-of-seafare...

Cooks and engineers suffered least with seasickness according to the research. Image: Danny Cornelissen

Cowboy colleges in the Philippines exploiting would-be seafarers
06 Jun 2024

Just 10% of aspiring cadets absorbed by the industry each year

Private maritime colleges in the Philippines promising students a pathway to a career at sea often lead to a dead end, says IMEC chief...

Shocking Study Reveals Seafarers Forced to Pay Illegal Recruitment Fee Affecting Their Mental Health
MI News Network September 26, 2024 https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/study-finds-one-third-of-sea...

Somali pirates head back to sea
Sam Chambers October 24, 2024 https://splash247.com/somali-pirates-head-back-to-sea/

International shipping has been warned that pirates from Somalia are likely back hunting for targets in the Indian Ocean.

Why I’m backing this country to become a major crewing force
October 24, 2024 https://splash247.com/why-im-backing-this-country-to-become-a-major-crew...

Carl Martin Faannessen, the CEO of Noatun Maritime, on the potential for Kenya to become a seafaring hub.

Maritime leaders attend biggest manning meet
Yashika F. Torib October 23, 2024 https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/10/23/business/maritime/maritime-leader...

Local and international maritime leaders are expected at the Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global conference, the world's biggest manning meeting to be held at the Shangri-La The Fort in Manila from Nov. 12 to 14, 2024.

Seafarers win collective bargaining breakthrough in Iran
https://www.itfglobal.org/en/stories/seafarers-win-collective-bargaining...

An ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union based in Iran has achieved a major organising victory.

The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate (IMMS) has won a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for seafarers working for Iran’s five largest shipping companies.

The majority of ageing tankers now engaged in shadow operations
Sam Chambers October 21, 2024 https://splash247.com/majority-of-ageing-tankers-now-engaged-in-shadow-o...

Nearly two in three vintage tankers have carried Iranian, Venezuelan or Russian cargoes this year.

Panama orders immediate cancellation of all sanctioned vessels
Bojan Lepic October 21, 2024 https://splash247.com/panama-orders-immediate-cancellation-of-all-sancti...

The president of Panama Jose Raul Molino has issued an executive decree which will see the Panama Ship Registry, the second-largest shipping registry in the world, cancel any vessel on international sanction lists.