Browsing by Subject "Marine transportation"

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    • 12 tugboat crew members, vessel missing after 'Odette' 

      BBT; CTL (SunStar Philippines, December 23, 2021, on page 3)
      Twelve crew members of mv Strong Trinity, as well as the vessel itself, are missing after Typhoon Odette (Rai) slammed into Cebu on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, packing winds of 175 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts ...

    • 18 PH seamen feared lost as ship sinks 

      Sabater-Namit, Madel (Manila Bulletin, January 4, 2015, on page 1-6)
      Eighteen Filipino seamen were feared dead when an ore carrier, the Bulk Jupiter, sank off the coast of Vietnam on Friday, January 2. The vessel left Kuantan, Malaysia en route to China and was reportedly loaded with 46,400 ...

    • 26 killed in Bangladesh boat accident 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 4, 2021, on page B5)
      At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand on Monday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh. Police said the speedboat carrying about three ...

    • 4 missing in fishing boat explosion 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 18, 2015, on page 5)
      At least four fishermen went missing after a fire-triggered explosion on a fishing vessel off the coast of Southern China's island province Hainan on Monday. The explosion occurred around 6 a.m. Monday on a 30-tonne fishing ...

    • 5 rescued at sea off Davao city 

      Palo, Ruth (The Manila Times, April 19, 2021, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Davao Oriental rescued five people after their boat capsized off the coast of Mati City in the province on April 17. In a report, the Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ...

    • 55 rescued as ship sinks in Calapan 

      Virola, Madonna (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2013, on page A10)
      At least 55 passengers were rescued from a ship that took in seawater as it was about to dock here Thursday. A Philippine Ports Authority source, who talked on condition of anonymity until details of the incident are ...

    • Alert raised for coal contamination: Barge with 6,705MT of coal stuck in Antique waters at 'Seniang' height 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A6)
      An alert has been raised over the possible contamination of the waters off Antique province by a cargo of more than 6,000 metric tons of coal in a barge that ran aground on Tuesday at the height of Tropical Depression ...

    • All-Pinoy crew in sinking ship 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday said the Philippine embassy in Hanoi was seeking more information about the sinking of a cargo ship manned by an all Filipino crew that sank off Vietnam. The ship, the ...

    • Allow Guimaras boats to sail, Du30 urged 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 13, 2019, on page 1-13)
      Gov. Samuel Gumarin of Guimaras appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to lift the suspension order on motorboats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route. The island-province’s economy and people were suffering for more than a ...

    • Back at sea: Motor banca operations resume with restrictions 

      Rendon, Jennifer P.; Santiagudo, Emme Rose (DailyGuardian, August 14, 2019, on page 1-14)
      Passengers from both Iloilo and Guimaras had to endure eight long days as motor banca operations were suspended. But on Aug. 13, 2019, passengers were greeted with good news as the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) ...

    • 'Bad for Guimaras': Grounding of motorboats hurts economy - Gumarin 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 8, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The grounding of motorboats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route has made it difficult for people here to go to Iloilo City to work, study or do business. It has also become harder to transport goods from this island province ...

    • Bangka, nasiraan sa Batanes, 48 nasagip 

      Noriega, Richa (Balita, February 6, 2021, on page 3)
      Nasagip ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ang 33 pasahero at 15 na tripulante ng isang motorized banca matapos na masiraan sa laot sa Sabtang Island sa Batanes, nitong Miyerkules. Sa pahayag ng PCG, patungo sana sa Sabtang ...

    • BFAR-6 to distribute fiber glass boats in 2017 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, November 22, 2016, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture, will distribute 3,000 fiber glass boats to coastal municipalities in 2017. BFAR-6 Regional Director Remia Aparri ...

    • Boatmen from Mararison island get financial aid 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, December 1, 2018, on page 13)
      Disadvantaged boat operators and their boatmen on Mararison Island in Culasi town were given financial assistance by the Antique provincial government on Tuesday. Noemi Tagle of the Antique Provincial Social Welfare and ...

    • Byahe Iloilo-Guimaras 

      Jamolo, Runji Rocio (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 8)
      Kasubong sang paghanut sang pugada sa mga pump boat sang nagligad nga Sabado, liwat naman natay-og ang aton balatyagon sa kaangtanan sang Guimaras kag Iloilo. Depende seguro sa mga laragway nga nakita sa social media, may ...

    • ‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, January 23, 2021, on page 1)
      As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, ...

    • Cimatu wants to ban parked vessels on Pasig River 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 16, 2019, on page A18)
      Aside from illegal structures built beside the Pasig River and its tributaries, Environment Secretary and now Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) Chair Roy Cimatu will also address yet another “eyesore:” illegally ...

    • Coal spill as barge runs aground 

      Silubrico, Ruby P. (Panay News, January 5, 2015, on page 1-12)
      A cargo vessel carrying 6,705 metric tons of coal ran aground in the waters off Barangay Balud, Tobias Fornier, Antique, spilling coal slurry. The grounding happened on Dec. 30, 2014, according to Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • Coastguard faces probe: Duterte may visit victims of sea tragedy 

      Co, Adrian Stewart; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Two passenger boats already capsized in the rough Iloilo Strait earlier on Saturday but why was a third one still allowed to proceed on its journey? It, too, capsized. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) central office's ...

    • Coat Guard, Marina officials relieved amid sea mishap probe 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 9, 2019, on page A2-4)
      Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has relieved six officials of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) pending results of a “comprehensive and very objective” investigation on the ...