MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has published guidelines on the optimization of physical distancing and carriage of passengers on board passenger ships as a way to boost ridership in public transportation. This is in response to Resolution No. 67 issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases continue reading : MARINA publishes updated guidelines on physical distancing and authorized capacity of passenger ships operating in areas under MGCQ, GCQ

Manila, Philippines – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has imposed a ban on dine-in for all food establishments operating within its premises nationwide and advised its employees and stakeholders to avail themselves of “take-out” services in its bid to slow if not to contain the spread of coronavirus. It has likewise directed the strict observance continue reading : MARINA IMPOSES BAN ON DINE-IN AND SMOKING IN ITS PREMISES NATIONWIDE

Bracing for the unique challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), together with relevant government agencies performing maritime administration functions, continue to firm up preparations to ensure that the Philippines hurdle its mandatory audit under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) scheduled to be carried out continue reading : MARINA, PHL Maritime Administration Continue to Firm Up Preps for International Maritime Audit in 2022

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), through its Circular No. SR-2020-02, has required the Philippine-registered ships to have an adequate design facility for Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and holding tank, in compliance with the Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78, as amended where the country is a State Party to convention. Under the said continue reading : MARINA REQUIRES SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR PH-REGISTERED SHIPS

Strengthening its commitment to make the Philippines an international crew change hub, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through its maritime sector, conducted the first crew change operations outside Metro Manila at Port Capinpin in Orion, Bataan today, 5 September 2020. This, after all operational requirements for the location, such as the establishment of a One-Stop continue reading : DOTr CONDUCTS FIRST CREW CHANGE OPERATIONS AT THE PORT OF CAPINPIN IN BATAAN

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – As part of its efforts to further assist Filipino seafarers who are experiencing difficulties in crew changes and disembarkation and to promote their continued employment, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has issued MARINA Advisory 2020-67, which grants a one (1)-year extension for expiring Seafarer’s Record Books (SRBs) and Seafarers Identification and Record continue reading : GOOD NEWS: MARINA EXTENDS EXPIRING SIRBs, SRBs FOR SEAFARERS ONBOARD, ASHORE TO ONE YEAR

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Maritime Industry Authority, through its Advisory No. 2020-66, has recently issued a one-year extension of the validity of STCW certificates of Filipino seafarers, as part of the Agency’s temporary contingency measure amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. All STCW certificates, which are expiring between 01 September 2020 to 31 December 2020, shall be continue reading : MARINA EXTENDS EXPIRING STCW CERTIFICATES TO ONE YEAR

MANILA, PHILIPPINES– To help ensure that the production and delivery of food remain unhindered amid the ongoing coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic across the country, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has recently directed domestic shipping lines to provide cargo space allocation for agricultural products at least twelve percent (12%) of the ship’s cargo capacity on per continue reading : MARINA DIRECTS ALL DOMESTIC SHIPPING LINES TO PROVIDE CARGO SPACE ALLOCATION, PREFERENTIAL CARGO RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL, FOOD PRODUCTS

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – To promote the competitiveness of Philippine-registered ships by providing flexibility to their operation, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has recently issued a new set of rules on the issuance of Special Permit for the temporary utilization of Philippine-registered domestic ships to operate in international voyages. Only those ships with class certificates, whether continue reading : MARINA ISSUES NEW RULES ON ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PERMIT FOR TEMPORARY UTILIZATION OF PH-REGISTERED DOMESTIC SHIPS TO OPERATE IN INT’L VOYAGES

The Philippines, through the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), on Thursday committed itself to becoming a major international hub for crew change before the 39th Meeting of the Maritime Transport Working Group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its Dialogue Partners such as China, Japan, Korea and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This continue reading : PHILIPPINES COMMITS AS MAJOR CREW CHANGE HUB IN ASEAN MARITIME CONFAB; UPDATES EFFORTS ON COVID-19, OTHER INITIATIVES