Yearly Archives: 2009

2010 – “Year of the Seafarer”

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed during its recent session that next year's theme for World Maritime Day will be "2010: Year of the Seafarer" as proposed by IMO Secretary General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos. In the meeting in London last June 29...

Fil-Nor GAIN, Inc. Celebrates Its 6th Year!

Today, March 14, 2009, marks the 6th year anniversary of the Joint Filipino-Norwegian Maritime Unions General Assistance and Information Office, Inc. (Fil-Nor GAIN, Inc.) Fil-Nor GAIN, Inc. was opened by the Norwegian Maritime Unions with the objective of providing information service to all Filipino seafarers joining NIS...

CHANGES TO THE NIS AND MODEL AGREEMENTS FOR 2009

A meeting between the parties of the NIS and Model Agreements was held on October 15, 2008 in Manila, Philippines, evaluating the current two Agreements for Philippine officers and ratings serving NIS vessels (NIS Agreement) and Non-Norwegian vessels (Model Agreement). Representatives...