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PPA bans disembarkation of vessel crews from nCoV-hit China
Philippine Information Agency 6th February 2020 https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/263939494/ppa-bans-disembarkation-of...

MANILA-The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) prohibits the disembarkation of crews of vessels coming from China while docked at any PPA-controlled ports as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Disallowance of P9.8 M in excess rice allowance for Marina final , COA rules
Ben Rosario February 7, 2020 https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/02/07/disallowance-of-p9-8-m-in-excess-rice-...

Former officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) have been ordered to return to government some P9.68 million in excess rice allowances distributed to the agency’s employees in 2011.

MAIB: Seatruck Performance Grounded After Late Turn from ‘Nervous’ New Master
Mike Schuler February 7, 2020 https://gcaptain.com/maib-ship-grounded-after-late-turn-from-nervous-new...

MARINA eyes passenger manifest’s revision amid nCoV scare
John Rey Saavedra February 7, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093252

CEBU CITY – The Maritime Industry Authority in Central Visayas (MARINA-7) will modify the format of the passenger manifest to include specific data on a person’s contact number and address details that can be used for contact-tracing in case of a virus outbreak.

China's coronavirus disrupts global container shipping trade
Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein February 7, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-shipping/chinas-coronavi...

Global shipping has been hit by the coronavirus. Now goods are getting stranded
Hanna Ziady, February 6, 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/05/business/shipping-coronavirus-impact/...

London (CNN Business)The arteries of global trade are clogging up.

Cebu heightens measures at ports to prevent nCoV
Dale G. Israel - February 07, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1225805/cebu-heightens-measures-at-ports-t...

CEBU CITY –– After implementing specific quarantine procedures for the local airport, the province of Cebu has stepped up precautionary measures for its seaports to prevent the entry of the new coronavirus (nCov).

No Pinoys in new confirmed 2019-nCoV cases on cruise ship in Japan – DFA
Gabriel Pabico Lalu - February 06, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1225474/no-pinoys-in-new-confirmed-2019-nc...

MANILA, Philippines – No Filipino was among the 10 new confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patients aboard a cruise ship currently docked in Yokohama, Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.

Mayor bars ships from China, HK and Macau from anywhere near his city in Negros
Carla Gomez - February 06, 2020 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1225460/mayor-bars-ships-from-china-hk-and...

BACOLOD CITY—Ships from China, Hong Kong and Macau are already banned from anchoring, berthing or docking at the San Carlos City Port in northern Negros Occidental.

11 Filipino tugboat crew from China quarantined in Dumaguete
Mary Judaline Partlow February 5, 2020 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093012

DUMAGUETE CITY – A total of 11 Filipino crewmembers of a tugboat that arrived from China on Tuesday night were quarantined inside the vessel off the coast here amid the threat of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

The tugboat is one of three vessels that were purchased by a Makati City-based firm and are now in the province for conversion from foreign to domestic flag.