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Seafarer killed after attack on Minoan Dignity bulk carrier in Hormuz
Shipping Telegraph 19/08/2026 https://shippingtelegraph.com/dry-bulk-shipping-news/seafarer-killed-aft...

Seafarer document processing suspended after MARINA cyberattack
Raymond Carl Dela Cruz August 19, 2026 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1282265

MANILA – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has temporarily suspended the processing of Seafarer's Identification and Record Book (SIRB) and Seafarer's Identification Document (SID) applications nationwide after its systems were hit by a cyberattack.

UMTC launches 'Green Energy Center' to train Filipino seafarers for zero-emission shipping
Carmela I. Huelar August 18, 2026 https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/18/business/maritime/umtc-launches-g...

DMW provides aid to 3 Pinoy seafarers injured in UK 'hate crime'
Anton Banal Aug 16, 2026 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/dmw-provides-aid-to-3-pinoy-seafarers-...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) yesterday assured to assist three Filipino seafarers who fell victim to a suspected hate crime in Bristol, England.

DMW aims to bring home all Pinoy seafarers in Black Sea
Anton Banal Aug 14, 2026 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/dmw-aims-to-bring-home-all-pinoy-seafa...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is aiming to bring home all 281 Filipino seafarers on board 20 vessels attacked in the Black Sea as soon as possible.

UN & PH demand action to protect stranded seafarers
Carmela I. Huelar August 14, 2026 https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/14/business/maritime/un-ph-demand-ac...

Filipino seafarer killed in Black Sea drone attack arrives home
Marita Moaje August 14, 2026 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1281898

MANILA – The remains of a Filipino Second Engineer who died from injuries sustained in a drone attack involving the MV Gas Lisbon in the Black Sea on July 21 have been brought home to the Philippines.

In a news release Friday, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said the remains arrived Thursday evening aboard Turkish Airlines flight TK084 from Romania.

‘Like being in prison’: the ship crews stuck in Gulf since February
Joanna Partridge 9 Aug 2026 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/09/ordinary-seafarers-trapped...

Hormuz shipping crisis deepens as thousands of seafarers remain stranded
10 Aug 2026 https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/multiple-fatalities-in-...

Treated like slaves’: Families of seafarer killed in US tanker bombing demand answers amid insurance scandal
Paul Peachey 10 August 2026

Crew manager offers payout after TradeWinds reveals insurance dead-end for grieving relatives

for grieving relatives....

Aditya Sharma, 23, who was killed in the attack on the Settebello, had ambitions to become a master of his own ship, his grieving father said.
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