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IMO Initiates Major Review of Seafarer Training Standards
15 Feb 2024 https://www.miragenews.com/imo-initiates-major-review-of-seafarer-traini...

The IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) have agreed on a roadmap for the comprehensive review of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) and the accompanying STCW Code.

DOJ indicts ship owners, maritime officers over Mindoro oil spill
Benjamin Pulta February 14, 2024 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1218858

OIL SPILL. A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) troop siphons ocean water mixed with oil in Oriental Mindoro for evaluation in this undated photo. The oil spill displaced more than 27,000 workers in the province, mostly fisherfolk. (Photo courtesy of PCG)

Marcos OKs 10-year Maritime Industry Development Plan 2028
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz and Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos February 13, 2024 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1218735

MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the 10-year Maritime Industry Development Plan 2028 (MIDP) as the country’s whole-of-nation roadmap for the integrated development and strategic direction of the maritime industry.

DMW allows seafarer contract online processing
Gerard Naval -February 14, 2024 https://malaya.com.ph/news_news/dmw-allows-seafarer-contract-online-proc...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is set to allow the online processing of employment contracts of on-board Filipino seafarers in a bid to streamline and expedite the system with licensed manning agencies.

Filipino seafarer with health problem rescued off Saipan
DAVE LLAVANES JR. February 13, 2024 https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/897276/filipino-sea...

Marcos OKs 10-year roadmap to improve maritime industry
February 13, 2024 | https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/02/13/2333070/marcos-oks-10-year...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has greenlighted a long-term roadmap for the improvement of the Philippines' maritime sector, with a special focus on bringing up the quality of the maritime workforce in the country.

Live Animal Export: The animals who returned home to have their stories told
February 7, 2024 https://splash247.com/live-animal-export-the-animals-who-returned-home-t...

Bulk carrier struck by Houthi missile
Sam Chambers February 12, 2024 https://splash247.com/bulk-carrier-struck-by-houthi-missile/

A 20-year-old panamax bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Star Bulk became the latest Houthi target today. The Star Iris was shot at twice in the space of 20 minutes by missiles while transiting the Bab al Mandab strait in a southeast direction.

Shipping cannot afford current levels of seafarer ill health
Nick Savvides | Feb 09, 2024 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/shipping-cannot-afford-current...

Ten thousand seafarers leave the industry every year through preventable ill health according to maritime healthcare provider Vikand with its CEO claiming that in 95% of these cases careers could be extended.

Ship in Red Sea Signals All-Muslim Crew to Avoid Houthi Attack
Patrick Sykes, February 12, 2024 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ship-red-sea-signals-muslim-094549821.html

(Bloomberg) -- Commercial ships in the Red Sea are getting more creative in their efforts to avoid attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants.

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