Maritime Industry Authority Archives

December 9, 2021

IMO, partners launch year-long study to improve Philippine domestic ferry safety

Written by Baird Maritime on December 9, 2021. Posted in Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World.

A project to support the Philippines to enhance the safety and energy efficiency of its domestic ferry operations has commenced with a virtual meeting for multiple stakeh ..

December 10, 2019

Philippine government launches ferry service connecting Manila, Cavite City

Written by Baird Maritime on December 10, 2019. Posted in Ferries.

The Philippine government, through the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), launched a new ferry service between Manila and C ..

December 20, 2018

Metallica Marine lays keel of hybrid trimaran Ro-Pax

Written by Baird Maritime on December 20, 2018. Posted in Ro-Pax World.

Philippine shipbuilder Metallica Marine Consultancy has held a keel-laying ceremony for a small trimaran-type Ro-Pax vessel that will be partially powered by ocean waves. ..

June 14, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Singapore DOT, Philippines MARINA and Teras Lyza; KrisEnergy and Keppel; Shell accepts climate change target change; McDermott changes management [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 14, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Well Intervention, Work Boat World Features.

As the end of the quarter nears, we give you a cool quartet of updates on stories and companies in the offshore sector. We begin with a wait of over three years. Teras Ly ..

June 7, 2019

Interferry project identifies ‘paramount’ lessons from Philippines safety boost

Written by Baird Maritime on June 7, 2019. Posted in Ferries.

The FERRYSAFE project team formed by global trade association Interferry to study pronounced safety advances in Philippines ferry operations has completed the second of t ..

November 20, 2018

Philippines’ MARINA unveils 10-year shipyard modernisation programme

Written by Baird Maritime on November 20, 2018. Posted in Ship World.

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), the Philippine government’s commercial maritime regulatory body, has unveiled its 10-year programme to modernise the country� ..

March 4, 2021

FEATURE | Why the Philippines’ only luxury cruise ship is no longer sailing

Written by Baird Maritime on March 4, 2021. Posted in Cruise, Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Features.

The 106-metre 7107 Islands Cruise, the first – and, so far, only – luxury cruise ship ever owned and operated by a Filipino company, was envisioned as a key component ..

May 20, 2019

Fifty rescued from submerged tour boat in Davao City, Philippines

Written by Baird Maritime on May 20, 2019. Posted in Maritime Tourism, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

A total of 45 passengers and five crewmembers were rescued after their tour boat became partially submerged in the waters off Davao City in the Southern Philippines on Su ..