7 Filipino seamen detained in Libya to return home
Patricia Lourdes Viray March 11, 2019 - https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/03/11/1900528/7-filipino-seamen-... The seven crew members of the M/T Levante left Tripoli with Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers Affairs Abdullah Mamao.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomed the roadmap agreed at a tripartite meeting in Geneva last week to address the gap in recruitment and retention of seafarers and the barriers to promote work opportunities for young and women seafarers.
The clock is ticking down on the introduction of a piece of regulation that — if not managed properly — threatens to bring turmoil to global trade and energy markets.
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is crafting an incentives program for domestic shipping, shipbuilding and ship repair to enhance the investment climate in the Philippines and attract more private-sector participation in the maritime industry.
MANILA, Philippines — A passenger vessel carrying more than 100 people ran aground near Bisucay Island in Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard report showed on Sunday.
South Korea’s state-owned policy bank Korea Development Bank (KDB) has announced that creditors of the financially troubled Hanjin Heavy Industries have agreed to revive the yard through a debt-to-equity swap scheme.
