Disrupted global supply chains due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, ships being sold, hampered transportation and employment processing, inadequate and oftentimes conflicting assistance from concerned government agencies — these, on top of the government’s seeming lack of understanding how the maritime industry works and disregard over its imminent collapse, have continuously raised alarm and uncertainty in the Philippine manning sector.
Lawyer Iris Baguilat, president of Doehle Seafront Crewing