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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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Salvage teams in Indonesia attend to grounded dark tanker
Sam Chambers December 8, 2023 https://splash247.com/salvage-teams-in-indonesia-attend-to-grounded-dark...

Indonesian salvage teams have managed to free a shadow tanker that grounded in the Singapore Strait west of Batam.

China's international marine shipping affected by disruption from major canals, cost surge among delays
GT staff reporters Dec 10, 2023 https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202312/1303367.shtml

Philippines Rescues Crew After Vietnamese Cargo Ship Takes on Water
Nov 22, 2023 https://maritime-executive.com/article/philippines-rescues-crew-after-vi...

PCG: 3 crewmen of foreign cargo vessel die
John Eric Mendoza - December 09, 2023 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/224025/subject-pcg-responds-to-marshal...

PALAWAN, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday said the three crew members of a Marshall Islands–flagged bulk carrier who were found unconscious while the vessel was off Bolinao, Pangasinan have died.

China fires water cannon on Philippines humanitarian ships
Ghio Ong December 10, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/12/10/2317740/china-fires-water-...