Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
A GROUP of seafarers earlier this week blasted the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) for purportedly allowing foreign-owned vessels to operate in the country, particularly dredgers used in reclamation projects.
The United Filipino Seafarers, through its chairman emeritus Nelson Ramirez, said that foreign-owned vessels may be allowed to operate locally for a maximum of two years through a special permit if no local ships are available; through a bareboat charter, where a local company rents the vessel, and sails it under the Philippine flag, and mans it with a Philippine crew; or through direct acquisition by a Filipino company.
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