US Navy destroyer collides with PH ship

06/17/2017

Seven crew members were reported missing while two others were injured TOKYO — Seven crew on a US destroyer were missing and their commander injured Saturday after their Navy destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off…

Customs denies smuggling, claims Cebu is ‘rice smuggling free’

Calvin D. Cordova 06/07/2017

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) Cebu office clarified yesterday that there was no shipment of smuggled rice at the Cebu port even as it reiterated that Cebu is “rice smuggling” free. BoC District Collector Elvira Cruz said…

Officials urge vessel owner to siphon oil from ill-fated ship

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2017

Five days after the ill-fated  sank off the waters of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, no marine life has been affected by any oil spill so far. But Alvin Santillana, head of Talisay City’s Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Talisay seawaters safe for fishermen, but oil should be siphoned off vessel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/09/2017

MV FORTUNER SINKING While the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) has declared the sunken site of MV Fortuner still safe for fishermen to ply their trade, an official of the Talisay City government wants the…

Focus on human element of shipping industry, PH urged

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/14/2017

DESPITE the challenges hounding the global shipping industry, the Philippines is encouraged instead to focus on the human element of the industry. Carl Martin Faannessen, managing director of Abojeb Company, a recognized maritime and manpower services company,…

Coast Guard starts probe on Saturday’s collision

Nestle L. Semilla 02/22/2017

THE Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station said it will start the marine casualty investigation on last Saturday evening’s collision along Mactan Channel that injured 49 persons. PCG-Cebu Station commander Dionlett Ampil said they already finished consolidating the documents…

MACTAN CHANNEL MISHAP

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/20/2017

Supercat says vessel ran at 6 knots An official of Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation has said that their vessel, MV St. Braquiel, which figured in a sea mishap along Mactan Channel last Saturday, was traveling at a…

Passengers stranded as vessels cancel trips

Fe Marie Dumaboc 02/14/2017

About 400 passengers were stranded at the ports of Cebu after twenty-nine vessels cancelled their trips starting Tuesday morning due to unfavorable sea conditions. John Manuel Alip, deputy station commander of PCG Cebu City, said that trips…

Cargo vessel chief engineer found dead

02/11/2017

A 55-year-old chief engineer of a cargo vessel was found dead in his room by his colleagues on Friday morning while the vessel was docked in the waters off Naga City, north of Cebu. Engr. Nicanor Villacorta,…

Trips canceled due to strong waves

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 01/24/2017

Strong waves standing as high as three to four meters resulted in the cancellation of trips of 25 vessels which stranded hundreds of passengers in some of Cebu’s ports yesterday. Commander Dionlett Ampil of the Philippine Coast…

Ship captain recounts ordeal, Coast Guard eyes possible spill

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/18/2017

A team from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Marine Environmental Protection Command was dispatched yesterday to the waters near Dawahon Island between the provinces of Bohol and Leyte to monitor possible oil spills following the sinking of…

One of 29 crew members of MV Meridian Tres remains missing

Leo Udtohan, Robert Dejon 01/18/2017

BATO, Leyte-One crew member remained missing while 28 others were rescued when a cargo vessel sank in the waters near Dawahon Island between the provinces of Bohol and Leyte on Tuesday night. The survivors were rescued from…

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