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DoST proposes hybrid vessels to replace wooden-hulled boats
The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) in Western Visayas is set to launch a marine transport research network program that will push the production of hybrid vessels to address the government’s modernization plans ...
- October 16, 2019
MARINA: Wearing of life vests mandatory
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has reminded operators of small vessels to strictly require passengers to wear life vests following the capsizing of three boats in the Guimaras Strait where at least 31 people died. ...
- August 8, 2019
Govt echoes China line
A Chinese vessel caused the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, but it remains to be seen whether the “ramming” was intentional, the government said on Monday. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who ...
- June 18, 2019
‘China’s most destructive boats’ again poaching at Scarborough
Fleets of Chinese vessels have returned to disputed areas in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) to harvest endangered giant clams, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative-Center for Strategic and International ...
- May 22, 2019
PH elected head of IMO-ILO joint working group for world fishing effort
The Philippines was elected as the chair of the fourth Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Labor Organization and International Maritime Organization's Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Illegal, ...
- October 30, 2019
Marina, PCG officials sacked
Several officials of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were relieved of their posts while investigation is underway for the deadly sea mishap in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait, according to ...
- August 9, 2019