PH Coast Guard takes over nationwide seaports security
Philippine Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to take over control and supervision of security operations in all seaports nationwide…
A Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) memorandum limiting the age of roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships and passenger vessels imported into the Philippines to 20 years will…
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is formulating a 10-year roadmap aimed at making the Philippines a major maritime nation and the maritime industry a…
Harbor Star sets aside P1B for ambitious expansion drive
Philippine-based marine services provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. (HSSSI) is spending almost P1 billion this year in order to expand and diversify its…
The Philippine government will modernize the country’s roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) system, targeting the country’s three major nautical highways—Western, Central, and Eastern—and other ro-ro routes. The…
The Philippine Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has issued a new circular that adjusts some shipping fees and charges. Marina Circular (MC) No. 2017-01 revised…
Marina sets rules on operation of foreign specialized ships in PH
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has issued regulations on the temporary operation within Philippine territorial waters of highly specialized ships registered overseas. The new…
DOTr kicks off Oplan Biyaheng Ayos for Lenten break
To prepare for the influx of passengers during the Lenten season, the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered the Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Semana…
The Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has generated P1.14 billion in revenue in 2016, higher by 15.8% than the P983.728 million achieved in 2015…
Lower House reps conclude 10-day port and ro-ro tour
Some members of the Philippine Lower House conducted a 10-day port tour and inspection of the country’s Western and Eastern Nautical Highways that are…
PH carriers, Marina fight exemption of transport from Public Service Act
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and shipping operators in the Philippines are opposing bills that propose to exempt transportation services from being a public…
PH maritime body highlights 12 IMO instruments coming into force
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is reminding shipping operators, Philippine-registered ships engaged in overseas operations, and other stakeholders of 12 International Maritime Organization (IMO)…
10-year PH maritime roadmap for public presentation in April
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) will present to stakeholders in April the 10-year Philippine maritime roadmap the agency is crafting as a key measure…
PH Coast Guard patrols in southern PH to intensify amid slew of pirate attacks
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has directed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to increase its presence and conduct more patrols in the waters off…
CAB budget raised 11%, but Marina funding slashed 38%
The Philippine aviation regulatory agency has been allocated a higher budget this year while the maritime authority’s funding was cut. The Civil Aeronautics Board…
PH ports agency to revive shelved efforts to ratify FAL Convention
The Philippines, through the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), is resuscitating plans to adopt the Facilitation of the International Maritime Traffic Convention of 1965, popularly…
Marina corrects timing of random ship checks to prevent departure delays
The Maritime Industry Authority-Enforcement Group (Marina-ES) has agreed to conduct random inspection of vessels while the ships are unloading cargo—not while they are set…
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) generated P597.889 million in revenue for the first six months of 2016, up 21% from last year’s P492.502 million,…
