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URGENT ADVISORY

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT OUR OFFICE IS CLOSED FROM MARCH 17 TO APRIL 14, 2020. THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVES ON ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. FOR INQUIRIES AND ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN EMAIL US AT...

West Africa seas world’s most dangerous for piracy – IMB 

Even before the two kidnapping incidents happened in Benin and Togo where at least 11 Filipino seafarers were taken as hostages by pirates, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) had already declared that the seas around West Africa remain the world’s...

IMO Launches Women in Maritime Video

The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTn0rzYF5cE&feature=youtu.be[/embed] The program, initiated in 1988, supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The program supports the participation...

Attention! NSA Provident Fund Filipino Members

The Fil-Nor GAIN office recently cooperated with Storebrand Pension Services, administrator of the NSA Provident Fund, in finding Filipino members of the provident fund who are over 65 years old and eligible for payment of the fund. These seafarers are...