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US firm to build coast watch system for PH 27 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
An American firm has bagged a contract to build a coast watch center aimed at boosting the Philippines’ maritime border security. Massachusetts-based company Raytheon said it had been awarded a co...
DBP provides boost to Asean Single Shipping Market 27 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has stepped in to provide the financial muscle on the country’s effort to modernize domestic fleet in preparation for the Association of Southeas...
UFS slams Marina chief for reckless clearing of Sulpicio 27 Aug 2013 | 04:58 am
The United Filipino Seafarers (UFS) has taken to task the administrator of Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) for insisting that Sulpicio Lines has no accountability in at least 45 maritime accid...
Ship debris preventing retrieval of more bodies 26 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Naval divers were unable to retrieve bodies from the sunken M/V St. Thomas Aquinas Sunday, saying that search operations were made difficult by debris and dark areas in the sea. Lieutenant Commander ...
Solon seeks House probe on Cebu sea mishap 26 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon has called for a thorough inquiry into the collision of passenger ship MV St. Thomas Aquinas and cargo vessel MV Sulpicio Express Siete in Cebu last week and asked that ancie...
Russia unloads shares in shipping companies 26 Aug 2013 | 05:18 am
The Russian government is unloading its shares in some shipping companies to boost revenues and improve their operations. In October, government would sell its stakes in Murmansk Shipping Company...
Govt eyes PPP route for ambitious RoRo project 26 Aug 2013 | 04:28 am
The government will bid out a roll-on roll-off (roro) project that promises to cut travel time between Manila and northern Mindanao from two days to 20 hours, according to the Department of Transporta...
PCG clips ship captains in Cebu sea mishap 25 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has suspended the captains of the two vessels that figured in an accident that killed at least 78 people off the coast of Talisay City. The decision was made pending ...
Indonesia ferry mishap kills four 25 Aug 2013 | 11:28 am
Indonesian search and rescue teams searched the waters off Bangka-Belitung on Saturday after an Ambon-bound ferry capsized, killing at least four, in the latest accident involving the nation’s disaste...
Oil spill damage from ship collision placed at P6.5M 25 Aug 2013 | 09:08 am
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas has estimated that at least P6.5 million in damage compensation should be paid by those who would be held responsible for ...
