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Proposal to allow 100% foreign ownership in shipping to crush small local firms — Cebu group
Arjay L. Balinbin August 26, 2020 https://www.bworldonline.com/proposal-to-allow-100-foreign-ownership-in-...

CEBU-BASED shipping group Philippine Coastwise Shipping Association on Tuesday warned that allowing full foreign ownership in domestic shipping will totally wipe out small and medium-sized companies on the island-province.

Philippine Coast Guard to pursue criminal case against AM Nomikos
Sam Chambers August 26, 2020 https://splash247.com/philippine-coast-guard-to-pursue-criminal-case-aga...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has said it will continue to pursue charges against the owner and crew of Vienna Wood N[/my] even as they entered into a settlement with the families of the crew and passengers of the fishing vessel they collided with in June.

PH stakeholders oppose opening shipping industry to foreign players
Genivi Factao August 26, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/08/26/business/maritime-business/ph-sta...

The little big captain
Yashika F. Torib August 26, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/08/26/business/maritime-business/the-li...

11 Pinoy seafarers stranded in China cry for help
Tristan Nodalo, Aug 27, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2020/8/27/11-Pinoy-seafarers-stranded-...

Warning on attacks on vessels in Batangas
Marcus Hand | Aug 25, 2020 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/piracy/warning-attacks-vessels-batangas

A warning has been issued by ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) following two attacks on vessels in the port of Batangas, Philippines.

The two incidents took place in the space of seven days with a seafarer injured in the second attack.

Call for global system of safe corridors for ship crew change
26/08/2020 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/call-for-global-system-of-safe-corr...

MARINA sends rules on seafarers' ‘green lane’ to IMO
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz August 25, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1113365

MANILA – To allow for the “speedy and safe travels” of seafarers during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said it has communicated the country’s guidelines for the establishment of a “green lane” for seafarers to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Public-private partnership needed to secure Filipino seafarers – think tank
August 26, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — Caps and Partners Inc. (CAPS), a policy think tank, is alarmed over the future of the Filipino seafarers who are facing a “double whammy” due to the adverse effects of COVID-19 on the global maritime industry and the uncertain findings of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) audit.

TMT hosts maritime forum
Genivi Factao August 25, 2020 https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/08/25/news/national/tmt-hosts-maritime-...

The challenges facing the country’s maritime industry as it navigates its way through the global health crisis will be taken up at The Manila Times’ second forum on maritime shipping and logistics today.