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The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers

The proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers is designed to provide comprehensive protection for seafarers before, during, and after employment especially in the event of maritime accidents, pandemics or epidemics, or other natural or manmade disasters. It codifies the rights of seafarers into a single reference law. Who are the seafarers in the Magna Carta. This Act shall cover Filipino…

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Ship Operators Benefitted from Workshops Conducted by the OTS

Ship operators in Cebu benefitted from the recently conducted Ship Security Assessment (SSA) and Ship Security Plan (SSP) Development Workshops by the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) at the Port of Cebu from June 08 to 10, 2022. The said workshops were free-of-charge. After a series of virtual meetings and roundtable discussions with the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Maritime Industry…


New Pier, POB to Boost Traffic, Address Congestion at Lucena Port

25 SEPTEMBER 2021, LUCENA CITY—The Port Management Office of Marinduque/Quezon (PMO MarQuez) is anticipating bigger Ro-Ro traffic as the PMO unveils an additional pier and a POB facility at its Lucena port. With high concentration of passengers and rolling cargoes bound for Marinduque and Romblon, the new pier facility will address the congestion at the port as it offers additional…


MARINA Launches its Training Institute in Bacolod City

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), through a virtual soft launching, has announced on Thursday the opening of the MARINA Training Institute (MarTI) located in the four-story MARINA Regional Office – Western Visayas building situated inside the Panaad Park in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The MarTI, as an academic arm of the MARINA, is envisioned to be the country’s Maritime Innovation…


Shipping industry Takes New Step to Protect Marine Environments

Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine environments unless it is properly cleaned and the debris is captured. To combat this problem, and to provide clarity and quality assurance to shipowners, ports and government authorities, BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)…


SHELL Sets Course for Net-Zero Emissions Shipping

Today, in a new report, Decarbonizing Shipping: Setting Shell’s Course, Shell highlights the important role that hydrogen and fuel cells could play in achieving a decarbonized shipping sector. Calling for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt a clear trajectory to net-zero emissions by 2050, Shell outlines how it is contributing to accelerating the change needed in the industry to…



World Maritime Theme for 2020: “Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable Planet”

Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and showcase the work that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its Member States are undertaking to achieve the targets. The IMO Council, meeting for its 122nd session…


ICTSI Manila Continues Equipment Roll-Out

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently took delivery of another new quay crane and eight new hybrid rubber tired gantries (RTGs) for its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). The terminal now has the largest fleet of modern container-handling equipment in the Philippines with 18 quay cranes and 58 RTGs. Manufactured by ZPMC, the quay crane is part of…


Port of NY-NJ looks to Develop Wind Energy Terminal

The Port of New York and New Jersey is looking to develop a marine terminal focused on serving the region’s growing offshore wind energy sector, freshly boosted last month when New Jersey gave the green light to the state’s first offshore wind project. A wind energy terminal was one of two suggested uses when the Port Authority of New York…


PPA Inaugurates Biggest Port Terminal Building in Cagayan de Oro

On 15-Jul-2019, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) inaugurated the Philippines’s biggest seaport Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) in the Port of Cagayan de Oro, Barangay Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City. “The construction of this brand new building will greatly strengthen the region as the global gateway to Mindanao. Once we inaugurate this on July 15, we are opening Cagayan De Oro…


The Port Management Office of Agusan (PMO-AGS)

The Philippine Port Authority (PPA) Port Management Office of Agusan (PMO-AGS) was formerly called Port Management Unit (PMU) Masao. Later, PMU-Masao was renamed PMO-Nasipit, which covered Baseport Nasipit, and two government ports: Terminal Management Offices (TMO) Butuan and Masao. HISTORY. The recorded history of Nasipit, which is a natural cove, can be traced to as early as 1880 when it…


Electronic Information Exchange Now Mandatory for Ports

A mandatory requirement for national governments to introduce electronic information exchange between ships and ports came into effect on 8-April-2019. The aim is to make cross-border trade simpler and the logistics chain more efficient, for the more than 10 billion tons of goods which are traded by sea annually across the globe. The requirement, mandatory under IMO’s Convention on Facilitation…



DNV GL Certifies Norsepower Wind Propulsion Solution

Finland’s Norsepower wind propulsion solution, the Rotor Sail, has received the first-ever type approval design certificate granted to an auxiliary wind propulsion system on-board a commercial ship. DNV GL granted the type approval following a design assessment of Norsepower’s 30m x 5m Rotor Sail. The certification means that vessels operating with the Rotor Sail are technically capable of navigating all…


The Port Management Office of Misamis Occidental-Ozamiz (PMO-MOZ)

The Port Management Office of Misamis Occidental/Ozamiz (PMO-MOZ) has 5 ports located in its area of jurisdiction: Port of Plaridel, Port of Oroquieta, Port of Jimenez, Port of Ozamiz, and Port of Silanga. There are 2 private ports both located in Jimenez: Third Millennium Oil Inc. (TMOI) and Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI). The Baseport of PMO-MOZ is the Port of…


MAAP Offers LNG Cargo Handling Simulator Course

LNG Cargo Handling Simulator Course is a training program conforms to the requirements of SIGTTO or Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators LNG Shipping Suggested Competency Standard. Upon completion of the Course, the participants will be equipped with the Theoretical knowledge, background and aspects of LNG Cargo Handling Operation on board such as Loading and Discharging. This is…


South Korea Regains Top Spot in 2018 Shipbuilding Orders

The world’s shipbuilding companies are concentrated in three East Asian countries – China, South Korea, and Japan – that when combined control 90% of global market share. But finally, after seven years, South Korean shipyards have recaptured the lead in annual shipbuilding orders secured, according to newly released data from Clarkson Research institute. South Korea lost its No. 1 rank…




The Port of Zamboanga

The Port of Zamboanga is a seaport located in Zamboanga City located in western Mindanao. The international container Port of Zamboanga ranked 2nd in Asia according to the 2010 Super Efficient Ports in Asia study (African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(4), pp. 1397-1407, 2011). Zamboanga City is the commercial and industrial center of the Zamboanga Peninsula, which faces the…


The Port of Cagayan De Oro

The Port of Cagayan de Oro is situated in Cagayan de Oro City, the capital of Misamis Oriental and the regional center of Northern Mindanao. It is located in the Northern Coast of Mindanao within Macajalar Bay, near the mouth of the Cagayan de Oro River. It faces northwest and is protected to the east by a stretch of coast…


China’s Maritime Strategy: A Whole of Nation Approach

The 2016 ruling of Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) did not dissuade China from conducting activities to demonstrate its military might in South China Sea (SCS), and its obvious disregard for rules-based international order. It dispatched a naval task group in the area in early 2017 consisting of an aircraft carrier and several surface and subsurface combatants for naval drills….


The Top 10 International Shipping Centers

Singapore is considered as the top world’s shipping centre for the fifth year in a row, followed by Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, and Dubai. The outcome is based on the International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCD) issued by Baltic Exchange and Xinhua news agency. The index, which was first introduced in 2014, ranks 43 of the largest global ports and…


Size Isn’t Everything

It’s reassuring that even in the ports world, the best things can come in smaller parcels. Drewry’s new global container port connectivity index has thrown up some unexpected stars – and pushed some giants further down the list than they might ever have expected. Drewry launched its bespoke index in order to rank and monitor how well connected the world’s…