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Detained seafarers’ wives seek help from Marcos for husbands’ freedom
Michelle Abad Jun 6, 2025 https://www.rappler.com/philippines/overseas-filipinos/detained-algeria-...

Crewing in the digital age
June 5, 2025 https://splash247.com/crewing-in-the-digital-age/

In the latest instalment from Ship Concept 2035, our brand new magazine, Splash reporters detail a recent, pertinent workshop at Geneva Dry.

Inside the Global Crisis of Seafarer Exploitation
June 3, 2025 https://www.marinelink.com/news/inside-global-crisis-seafarer-526461

When coast guard officers boarded junior seafarer Omkar Pawar’s ship off Trinidad and Tobago in 2020, one of them pointed a gun at his face.

“They searched the ship. After two days, they found 450 kilograms of cocaine in the tank,” said Pawar.

9 Filipino seafarers repatriated from conflict-hit Yemen
Marita Moaje June 4, 2025 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1251481

MANILA – The Philippine government has successfully repatriated nine Filipino seafarers stranded for months aboard the oil tanker MV Rival at Ras Isa Port in Yemen, amid escalating conflict.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said the seafarers arrived safely at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Tuesday evening.

Pirates kidnap injured seafarer in cargo ship raid
Gary Dixon 2 June 2025

Reefer was boarded by seven armed men off Sao Tome and Principe

A crew member has been injured and abducted in a pirate raid on a reefer off West Africa.

Robbers tie up and injure seafarers in cargo ship raid

Reporting organisation UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and maritime security companies said the Curacao-flagged ship was boarded by seven armed men on Friday afternoon, off Sao Tome and Principe.

Seafarer’s death in Columbia River reveals murky maritime oversight
Lizz Giordano / May 27, 2025 https://www.cascadepbs.org/investigations/2025/05/seafarers-death-columb...

ITF: Seafarer abandonment cases in 2025 to surpass 2024 record
The Editorial Team May 29, 2025 https://safety4sea.com/itf-seafarer-abandonment-cases-in-2025-to-surpass...

According to new figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) revealed that vessel abandonments have surged nearly 33% year on year.

SSS compulsory coverage of sea-based OFWs
Persida Acosta May 31, 2025 https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/05/31/legal-advice/sss-compulsory-cover...

Russian cargo ship captain pleads not guilty in deadly North Sea tanker collision
Oman Al Yahyai with AP 30/05/2025 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/30/russian-cargo-captain-plea...

Tawag ng Tanghalan singer John Mark Saga joins benefit concert for Pinoy seafarers in June
Rhea Manila Santos, May 27, 2025 https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/events/2025/5/27/tawag-ng-...