seafarertimes.com ~ Maritime News for Filipino Seafarers

Challenges facing shipping’s ‘green transition’ and the training of seafarers
David Hughes, May 30, 2023 https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/challenges-facing-shi...

Escrow insertion in draft seafarers law is unconstitutional
Louis 'Barok' Biraogo May 27, 2023, https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/citizen-barok-by-louis-biraog...

Currently pending before the bicameral committee of both houses of Congress is a draft of a new law, the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.

That draft has an insertion which is patently unconstitutional.

CHED, MARINA to release new maritime education curriculum
Tristan Nodalo, May 21, 2023 https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/5/21/ched-marina-maritime-curri...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) — Following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) will be rolling out a new maritime education curriculum soon.

PH shipping exodus seen sans escrow protection
Alden M. Monzon - May 30, 2023 https://business.inquirer.net/403187/ph-shipping-exodus-seen-sans-escrow...

MANILA -Stakeholders have warned of an exodus of key shipping operators without the escrow provision that provides protection for seafarers in the proposed magna carta for seafarers.

US bulk carrier cargo on fire, Korea
Mikhail Voytenko May 30, 2023 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/42013/us-bulk-carrier-cargo-...

Malaysian authorities detain Chinese crew on suspicion of illegal looting
i24NEWS and agencies May 30, 2023 https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1685445218-mal...

Beijing asks for its citizens’ rights and safety to be protected, and to handle the case 'fairly and in accordance with the law'

American maritime assets targeted by Chinese malware
Sam Chambers May 25, 2023 https://splash247.com/american-maritime-assets-targeted-by-chinese-malware/

American maritime assets are being targeted by Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored snooping operation, tech giant Microsoft warned today.

Self-inflicted failure
Andrew J. Masigan - May 24, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2023/05/24/2268548/self-inflicted-failure

We Filipinos often get frustrated over how the country has lagged behind our neighbors in terms of national wealth, industrial capabilities and overall economic output. Even Vietnam, a country that 30 years ago had nothing except the ruins of war and basic agriculture, emerged to become wealthier than the Philippines today.

Filipino seafarers to lose jobs as 'ambulance chasers' win
Yashika F. Torib May 24, 2023 https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/05/24/business/maritime/filipino-seafar...

A BLEAK future of unemployment for Filipino seafarers continues to worsen as shipowners and international maritime employers decided to "look elsewhere" to finally save themselves from millions of dollars worth of unfair monetary claims.

Stricter immigration controls for seafarers entering Brazil now in force
25 May 2023 https://www.gard.no/web/articles?documentId=35426412

Following Brazil’s ratification of ILO Convention 185, only seafarers’ identification documents issued by ILO Convention 185 member states are accepted as valid travelling documents by Brazil, without the need for a visa.