Following the successful launch in February 2021 of our award-winning in-depth report The Sustainability Imperative, now more than ever we are seeing how the maritime sector is exposed to the impact of global mega-trends such as climate change and the rise in international trade tensions. Exploring how those within the industry – owners, charterers, financiers and investors – grapple with…
A new insight brief series from the Global Maritime Forum identifies four actions that maritime and shipping industries can take now to support shipping’s transition to a sustainable and resilient zero-emission future. “We need to clean up shipping supply chains and optimize our operations. To do this, we must collaborate, standardize, and be transparent. Let’s share the benefits of…
The decarbonization of international shipping is a priority for IMO and by mid-2023, IMO aims to have in place a revised and more strengthened Strategy on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships. A new IMO project aims to provide an assessment of the state of availability and readiness of low- and zero-carbon ship technology and marine fuels, in…
Ammonia, hydrogen, ethane and Dimethyl Ether (DME) are among the alternative marine fuels which may need future regulatory work. This assessment is the result of a regulatory mapping exercise conducted by the Alternative low- and zero-carbon fuels workstream of the GreenVoyage2050 Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (Low Carbon GIA), with inputs and contributions from the International Chamber…
Global Maritime Forum (GMF) released a study in which a multi-fuel future for the shipping industry on the path to zero emissions is evaluated. To understand how shipping industry leaders are thinking about future fuels and what their plans and projections are to adopt cleaner fuels and efficiency-boosting technologies, the Global Maritime Forum, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization, and the…
In response to the growing opportunities in shipbuilding and waterfront development, The Maritime League as the organizing body, in partnership with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies, will be hosting the BEACON EXPO 2023 on 6-8 September, 2023 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Philippines. This Conference and Exhibition, consistent with the…
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), represented by Administrator Atty. Hernani N. Fabia and OIC Executive Director of the STCW Office, Mr. Samuel L. Batalla, forged a Memorandum of Understanding for institutional partnership with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) represented by Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, UPOU Chancellor and Dr. Joane V. Serrano, UPOU Dean for Faculty of…
Draft revised Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life have been agreed by the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 9), which met 23-27 January. The draft guidelines recognize that commercial shipping is one of the main contributors to underwater radiated noise (URN) which has adverse effects on…
For decades, dynamite or blast fishing and cyanide fishing has been destroying our coral reefs , but up to this day it is still widespread though there are efforts to build artificial reefs in the Philippines, the root cause must still be eradicated. CORAL REEFS ANNIHILATION Cyanide fishing is harmful. “It is a deadly poison not only to people…
On May 6, the capsized dredger MV Hong Hai 189 finally sank near the historic Corregidor island which is at times visible at the entrance of Manila Bay. On April 28, in the evening, the Sierra Leone-flagged dredger MV Hong Hai 189 collided with Marshall Island-flagged chemical/oil tanker MT Petite Soeur near Corregidor. MV Hong Hai 189 was inbound coming…
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure that seeks to protect the rights and interests of Filipino seafarers, ensuring that they have “full protection” before, during, and after employment, especially in the event of maritime accidents, epidemics or pandemics, or other natural or man-made crisis. Voting 304 against 4, the chamber overwhelmingly voted to pass…
INTRODUCTION This article is a review notes in naval architecture and marine engineering simplified in outline form for quick reference how the forces of nature interact against a ship’s speed of advance at sea while underway. SHIP HUSBANDRY Hull Cleaning Program – a clean hull of the ship below the waterline makes a ship travel faster, uses less fuel and…
A box of assorted shark’s fin with an estimated weight of 11 kilograms and an estimated worth of Php77,000 loaded inside an Eagle Star Bus headed to Cubao/Pasay was found by the BFAR 8 Fisheries Inspection Quarantine Officer and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) stationed in Sta. Clara Port in Allen, Northern Samar, in the late afternoon of 17-March-2023. Said box…
MANILA – Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is investing USD5 billion to develop three (3) offshore wind energy projects in the Philippines with a potential capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW). Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla and CIP associate partner Przemek Lupa signed three offshore wind energy service contracts at the DOE Office in Taguig City on Thursday, 30-March-2023….
Four years ago, in January 2019, news reports came out that the United States Army would divest its Maritime Capability beginning with 18 of its 35 large Runnymede Class Landing Craft Utilities and one of its 8 Frank S Besson Class Landing Support Vessels (LSVs), 2 of which were already in service with the Philippine Navy as the Bacolod City…
Bagong Calarian, Zamboanga City – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), through its Naval Task Force 61’s 1st Boat Attack Division, conducted rescue and assistance to the crew and passengers of a commercial vessel that caught fire in the early dawn of 30-March-2023. The commercial vessel named M/V Lady Mary Joy was loaded with 35 crew including master and 205…
At the BEACON 2023 Maritime Conference and Exhibition of the Maritime League launching on board BRP Gabriela Silang on 28-March-2023 at Pier 13 South Harbor, the Department of Transportation Undersecretary – Maritime Sector Elmer Francisco Sarmiento gave a speech. Here it is in its entirety. Vice Admiral Eduardo Santos, president and board chairman of The Maritime League; Admiral Artemio Abu,…
Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm had finally started commercial operations at Noshiro Port in the northern prefecture of Akita on 22-December-2022. It is part of Japan’s efforts to build a carbon-neutral environment. Generally, offshore wind farms use larger turbines that enable more stable wind power generation than onshore turbines. 20 turbines with 60-meter-long blades started operating, with 13 more…
INTRODUCTION This article is a product of research work that will differentiate the function of the Army Combat Engineer Brigade from the Navy Amphibious Construction Brigade of the SEABEES. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Army Combat Engineer A sapper, in the sense first used by the French military, was one who dug trenches to allow besieging forces to advance towards the enemy defensive…
According to Atty Brenda Pimentel: “It is unfortunate that in this archipelago, there is no overarching policy direction that binds into a cohesive maritime aspiration. The fisheries sector, maritime transport industry, coastal tourism, recreational sector, marine environment protection and many more ocean-based activities are undertaken almost exclusively by each other, although at times it is submitted, collaboration is initiated….
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships on 7-December-2022. The General Assembly authorized a signing ceremony for the Convention to be held as soon as practicable in 2023 in Beijing and recommended the Convention be known as the “Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships. In most…
The Ambassadors of EU member-states in the Philippines led by H.E. Ambassador Luc Véron, visited the Philippine Navy’s Naval Operating Base in Subic, and were warmly welcomed by the base commander LT COL Ferdinand Foronda. The dignitaries also received a briefing on-site. The Ambassadors reiterated the EU’s commitment to a secure, free, and open maritime supply routes in the Indo-Pacific,…
INTRODUCTION After the reconstitution of the Offshore Patrol (OSP) in 1945, a subsequent build up followed with the arrival of former US Coast Guard Lighthouse Tenders by 1947, surplus ships of the United States Navy made its way to the OSP from the Patrol Craft Escorts (PCE), Landing Ship Tanks (LST’s), and Submarine Chasers (SC’s). Unknown to many, from 1945…
Archaeologists working for the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment made the discovery while hunting for unexploded WWII ammunition, and say it could become one of the country’s oldest-ever shipwrecks. Sonar images of the wreck site show the hull of the 10-metre-long wooden ship, which is lying on the lake bed at around 410m beneath the surface. Speaking to Live Science, maritime archaeologist Øyvind…
Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, occur when colonies of algae—simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater—grow out of control while producing toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. The human illnesses caused by HABs, though rare, can be debilitating or even fatal. While many people call these blooms ‘red tides,’ scientists prefer the…