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Tell it to SunStar: Filipino seafarers ‘stewards’ of the new Magna Carta law
Association of Licensed Manning Agencie Maritime Group Feb 07, 2025 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/tell-it-to-sunstar-filipino-seafarers-st...

DMW suspends manning agency of missing Pinoy seafarer
HDT Feb 07, 2025 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/dmw-suspends-manning-agency-of-missing...

WITH the Filipino seafarer missing for two months now, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has ordered the suspension of the manning agency that deployed Ralph Anthony Bobiles.

DMW chief vows assistance to family of missing Pinoy seafarer
Dennis Gasgonia, Feb 06, 2025 https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/13/pdp-laban-candidates-woo-v...

The Department of Migrant Workers is extending assistance and support to the family of Filipino seafarer Ralph Anthony Bobiles who has been missing for two months now while aboard the Panama-flagged vessel Prestige Ace.

Magsaysay Shipping bats for more gov’t investment in seafarer training
Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio February 7, 2025 https://www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-management/2025/02/07/651758/mags...

Forging a strong partnership to produce future-proof seafarers
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/money/forging-a-strong-partnership-to-pro...

A CONFLUENCE of events might have brought Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) Administrator Sonia Malaluan to the sprawling campus of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in San Narciso, Zambales, on Jan. 25, 2025.

Crews in crisis: Research reveals 100-hour weeks and no days off
Gary Dixon 5 February 2025

World Maritime University figures paint a shocking picture of a workforce exploited by owners and managers

New research has revealed an existential threat to shipping through a culture of incredibly long hours worked by seafarers.

A study of more than 6,300 crew members by the World Maritime University (WMU) shows the average working week lasts for 74.9 hours.
‘Ongoing threat’: Armed gang board cargo ship off West Africa

DMW suspends manning firm's license over PH seafarer's disappearance
Marita Moaje February 6, 2025 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1243515

MOL maintains confidence in Filipino seafarers
Raffy Ayeng 06 Feb 2025 https://tribune.net.ph/2025/02/06/mol-maintains-confidence-in-filipino-s...

Japanese shipping firm MOL Group maintains its firm confidence in Filipino seafarers, both in terms of business and ship operations, considering the Filipino workforce as their valued asset in its decades of operations in the country.

Shore leave and abandonment - we need to do better for seafarers
Marcus Hand February 5, 2025 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/shore-leave-and-abandonment-we...

Recent reports show crew having difficulty accessing shore leave and 2024 to be the worst year on record for seafarer abandonment.

‘It’s an outrage’: Seafarer abandonment figures are bad and getting worse
Sandra Boga 5 February 2025 https://www.tradewindsnews.com/interviews/-it-s-an-outrage-seafarer-aban...

Levels in 2025 could outstrip those of 2024, says ITF

Seafarer abandonment reached its highest level on record in 2024, according to a just-released report.