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Surging imports, inclement weather weigh down PH shipping

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 11:43 PM

Aside from a weak peso, the local shipping industry is also weighed down by port congestion and the threat of inclement weather. Read more »

Cebu-bound passengers stranded in Dapitan

Dynah Diestro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:24 PM

DAPITAN CITY – Fourteen passengers bound for Cebu are stranded at the Pulauan Port in Dapitan City Thursday.   Read more »

Maersk, IBM say 94 organizations joined blockchain trade platform

Reuters
Posted at Aug 09 09:31 PM

Shipping group Maersk said on Thursday 94 companies and organizations have so far joined a blockchain platform developed with IBM aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping. Read more »

Death toll in Indonesia ferry accident rises to 24

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 03:38 AM

At least 24 people, including children, died Tuesday after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, officials said, as rescuers raced to save scores of other passengers still missing or stranded aboard the vessel in rough seas. Read more »

'80,000 marinong Pinoy, mawawalan ng trabaho kapag di pumasa ang Pilipinas sa EU audit'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 11:00 PM

Maaaring mawalan ng trabaho ang tinatayang 80,000 marino na nakadestino sa Europa sakaling hindi pumasa ang Pilipinas sa akreditasyon ng European Union. Read more »

Ovation of the Seas docks at Subic

Jun Dumaguing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 03:31 PM

Dancers in colorful ethnic costumes perform during the arrival of MS Ovation of the Seas, which made its maiden port call in Subic Bay Freeport on Friday morning. Read more »

UN asks oil traders to shore up sanctions on North Korea

Carole Landry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 09:09 AM

UN sanctions experts are asking global commodity trading firms and oil companies to spell out what measures they are taking to prevent illegal oil shipments from reaching North Korea, the panel's coordinator said Tuesday. Read more »

OPINION: Guess who now fights for Big Business in the Senate

Jose Galang — Your Business
Updated as of Apr 02 04:58 PM

By his own declaration, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri says Big Business now has a representative in the Senate — himself. Read more »

Charges dropped against crewmen over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 23 09:23 PM

Prosecutors dropped charges Friday against two crewmen who were accused of failing to avoid a fatal collision between a U.S. destroyer and a Philippine container ship last June. Read more »

LBC to acquire 30 pct interest in Orient Freight International

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 09:40 AM

LBC Express Holdings Inc said Tuesday it secured board approval to acquire a 30-percent interest in cargo firm Orient Freight International. Read more »

Remains of 3 crewmembers found on ship: Maersk

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 10:53 AM

The remains of 3 of the 4 crew members who went missing after fire broke out on a Maersk Line container vessel in the Arabian Sea have been recovered. Read more »

K Line opens new crew training facility in Philippines

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 08 10:06 PM

Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. has opened a new crew training facility in the Philippines to meet increasing demand for Filipino seafarers along with its planned fleet expansion. Read more »

One dead after container ship catches fire in Arabian Sea

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 08 06:43 AM

A crew member died and 4 others went missing after fire broke out on a new Maersk Line container vessel in the Arabian Sea, the company said.   Read more »

4 crew members missing after container ship catches fire in Arabian Sea

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 06:14 AM

Maersk Line, the world's biggest container shipping company, said the search continued on Wednesday for four missing crew members after one of its new-build container vessels caught fire in the Arabian Sea.   Read more »

China building test site for unmanned ships in disputed sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 02:21 AM

China has started building the world's largest test site for unmanned ships -- a technology with both civilian and military applications -- off a port in the disputed South China Sea, state media said Tuesday.  Read more »

Pirate attacks more than doubled in Philippines - IMB

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 12 08:04 AM

 Pirate attacks worldwide fell to their lowest level in over two decades last year, the International Maritime Bureau said, but more than doubled in the Philippines while African trouble spots remained dangerous. Read more »

2 ships collide in Cebu

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 04:45 PM

Two ships collided in Lawis Ledge, Talisay City, Cebu on Friday afternoon.   Read more »

2GO reschedules trips amid delays caused by 'Vinta'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 09:07 AM

Shipping line 2GO announced Saturday that it has rescheduled several trips after typhoon Vinta disrupted its operations. Read more »

Ferry capsizes with 251 on board; 4 dead

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 21 10:46 PM

MANILA - Four people were killed and seven were missing after a ferry with 251 people on board capsized during bad weather on Thursday near the capital, Manila, disaster officials and a coastguard spokesman said. Read more »

Rescued in Tawi-Tawi

Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard
Updated as of Dec 21 11:57 PM

Members of the Search and Rescue team (SAR) of the Bongao Coast Guard Station rescue passengers from a drifted motorized boat at the vicinity of Manangkai, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Thursday. The Coast Guard rescued 60 passengers upon receiving a distress call from the boat captain of ML Nurhidzra after it experienced steering problems and damage on its portside freeboard. Read more »