IMO Bravery At Sea Award: P/Ens Ralph Barajan
News just came in that for this year, a Filipino will receive the ” IMO Bravery Award.” Probationary Ensign Ralph Barajan’s name was in the forefront of the event last November 7 when on their way to Cebu, the passenger ship Siargao encountered big waves approximately two meters high that flooded it. Ralph was off […]
Chief Engineer Died During Crew Change-A Cautionary Tale!
Six days ago, Oct 03, 2020, must be remembered! You know why? Aside from the repercussions of this pandemic as regards the mental health of seafarers (soaring cases of suicide, depression, etc), the inability to perform crew change, countries closing borders, extreme Covid prevention practices in place, and so much more, another sad event happened. […]
The Tale of Capt. Dante Addug of Gulf Livestock 1
In Sept 2014, a promising young man in his late 20’s, notched his first day at the Livestock shipping industry. On August 27, just four days shy of the beginning of this same month on this year, a nearly stationary tropical depression was seen developing over the western Pacific, east of the Philippines. Early the […]
