A Hong Kong Flag Registered Bulk Carrier MV Vienna Wood had a collision with a fishing boat near the Cape Calavite, Occidental Mindoro. Fishing Boat FV Liberty Cinco was hit by the merchant ship (Bulk Carrier) on Sunday at around 1 A.M. As per the latest news by the coast guard who was assisting in […]
Come 1st July and you will be able to visit any of the European Union Country (EU Nations). Countries that are part of EU, does not have border restrictions, so one can go from Germany to France or Italy with single visa. Draft lists of countries whose citizen will be permitted to travel to Europe […]
Our ship was drifting near the UK coast, Falmouth (a coastal town in England) without any Voyage orders. Being able to be back home in time was difficult. Generally, it is quite difficult for seafarers to get back home and with these travel restrictions, it was quite impossible. We were aware of the VANDE BHARAT […]
In India, crew changes in homeport started somewhere from 24th April. This move by the government helped a lot to the ships who were calling Indian ports. Also some ships altered their routes a little bit to reach Cochin Port Anchorage for crew changes. Though majority of seafarers are Indian, but some foreign nationalities to […]
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 […]
Recently a video of a bulk carrier- damaging a railway track went viral. Upon investigation it was found that the railway bridge which is in panama canal was completely destroyed by the ship and rail movement is no longer possible. It is reported that incident happened on 23rd June. Though there is no news of […]
As we are aware that Dubai International Airport is closed now for more than 3 months. But news is coming various sources across social media that Airport will be open from July 7 for International Passengers including crew changes as well. All the travelers have to show a recent corona test report, which should have […]
With covid-19 situation, all the maritime training institute in India are shut down. This has forced seafarers not be able to renew their certificates and COCs. In order to provide relaxation to the seafarers, DG shipping have extended validity of all the documents who are expiring before 31st December 2020 to 31st December 2021. (i) […]
To what seems like a response to the advisory issued my International Maritime Organization, for easing restrictions on crew change and expediting the same, MARINA is planning to open more major ports. For the time being only Manila is opened for crew change. But Subic, Batangas and Davao are some of the major ports that […]