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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 »

Quezon fastcraft disaster

Photo courtesy of Dj Kyle
Posted at Dec 21 07:35 PM

Residents assist rescued passengers of the fast-craft Mercraft-3 bound for Polillio Island, after it capsized between the Dinahican and Agta Point in Infanta, Quezon on Thursday morning.  Read more »

2GO suspends 2 Mindanao trips due to 'Vinta'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 07:01 PM

Shipping line 2GO said Thursday that the Philippine Coast Guard suspended two of its trips in Mindanao as Tropical Storm Vinta barreled towards the region. Read more »

2GO cancels 2 trips, offers refund, rebooking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 05:07 PM

Shipping firm 2GO said Wednesday it cancelled 2 trips due to bad weather and affected passengers can either rebook or get a refund. Read more »

Lazada to launch fully automated warehouse, hire robots next year

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 04:10 PM

The country’s biggest e-commerce platform Lazada will introduce the first fully automated e-commerce warehouse in the country next year, its operations chief said Monday.  Read more »

Philippines wary of China's massive dredging ship

Reuters
Posted at Nov 06 09:49 PM

MANILA - The Philippines expressed concern on Monday about China's testing of a massive dredging ship, saying it would track its activities closely, despite Beijing's assurances it would not develop areas where it has competing claims with Manila. Read more »