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January 27, 2022

COLUMN | The Philippine Navy: no longer a scrapyard fleet [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on January 27, 2022. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

For many years the Philippine Navy (PN) could provide only threadbare security for the nation’s 5,700 million square kilometres sea area and 7,600 islands. Its order of ..

December 30, 2021

Philippine Navy reactivates decommissioned corvette for typhoon relief missions

Written by Baird Maritime on December 30, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Philippine Navy has placed one of its decommissioned vessels back into service to augment the Philippine government’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relie ..

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July 28, 2020

Philippine Navy ship assists distressed livestock carrier

Written by Baird Maritime on July 28, 2020. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Ships (Naval).

The crew of a Philippine Navy vessel rendered assistance to a foreign-flagged cargo ship after it suffered an engine breakdown in the waters of the Philippines-Indonesia ..