NEWS and current affairs, decades before the advent of the internet, reach shipboard seafarers through company newsletters, satellite calls and single sideband (SSB) radiofrequency. Queries and clarifications on the changing maritime regulations and policies were typically addressed to ship captains, manning agents and oftentimes, from a fellow seafarer who was on vacation at the time the news breaks.

With the dawn of email and social media, maritime news was easily disseminated wherever in the world a seafarer may be sailing. The sources of information varied over the years as well. Today, the industry sees hundreds of Filipino seafarers taking to social media to help their brothers in the profession to understand the constantly changing maritime regulations.

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