With their latest advisory, the Maritime Industry Authority( MARINA) further extends the validity of STCW Certificates up to December 2021 or December 2022. This could be a surprise for you but let’s dissect what the latest MARINA Advisory No. 2021-29 is telling us. There are two categories where...
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Oil tanker sizes and designs have gone through many changes over the centuries. The very first tankers were sail-driven. They were built in river River Tyne, England. There were no official regulations by that time. As long as it doesn’t sink or got caught on fire, the vessel didn’t evolved much....
Our government manages a master list of POEA accredited manning agencies. It’s all made available online and free to access. Illegal recruiters often prey on unsuspecting seafarers. Thus, knowing if an agency is well registered in the POEA database is the first step to thwart them. Many of these...
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SSS Salary Loan is a program of our Social Security System allowing members to borrow a portion of their contribution for a short term cash need. It is the most availed loan program of the SSS. Between January 2019 to August 2019, SSS released more than Php26.33 billion worth of salary loans . Of...
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As seafarers restart their career this year, many are in desperate situation for that single piece of card presumably required for embarkation. Well, I guess everyone already knows what we’re talking about. Its our Seafarer’s Identity Document or SID. And we all know that it’s been infested with...
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Its the holiday season. As what we always here, its the most wonderful time of the year! But could this be also true for seafarers who spend Christmas on board? Throughout my seagoing career, I celebrated nearly half of it at sea. Some were pleasant while a few were like any normal day and that […]
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Heavy storms are one of the most stunning yet terrifying wonders at sea. Such weather disturbance claims the lives of many ships. Cruise ships, merchant vessels, aircraft carriers, sailboats and pleasure crafts are at the mercy of the waves in a heavy storm. Tales have been heard about sailors’ harrowing experience being battered by the […]
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Just this year, seaman jobsites quickly became the new normal for sea-based job applications. This was the kind of hiring process that I prefer ten years ago. Actually, I tried this approach few years back. I emailed 100+ local manning agencies hoping to get hired. Only a handful of them responded...
Finding the largest shipping companies on earth is quiet a bit of a challenge. At first, I thought this was an easy task. Just by thinking about the ships I see while sailing, its deceiving to conclude the company behind them are the biggest. Sailing for more than ten years made me think that...
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A shipboard organization is similar to the government structure we have in our countries. Vessels have a world of their own. They are like mini kingdoms having a very small population with each person holding specific duties. The duties vary depending on the crew’s rank. A normal seagoing merchant...
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