In view of current circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, DFA-OCA has put in place temporary measures to address the concerns of OFWs, including seafarers, by authorizing the extension of validity for expiring ePassports. Please note that the practice of passport validity extension has been discontinued as a matter of Department policy. This exception is […]
A crew member of offshore vessel reported pain in the arm and shortness of breath. Crew member from RMS Citation, which is a support vessel, had to be medically evacuated from around 7miles offshore Corpus Christi, Texas. Coast Guard received a request to provide an air medevac 45 year old crew member, which was promptly […]
Fire broke out in container of ‘Zim Kingston’ after she experienced heavy weather due to which around 40 containers were expected to be lost at sea. Fire broke out on ship on Saturday morning. Currently ship is anchor in Constance Bank near Victoria. Ship was enroute from Busan, South Korea to Vancouver, Canada. As per […]
