Tag: Seaman’s Book

Thousands of seafarers may have to wait as early as December before they can get an appointment on their seaman’s book renewal application while shipping companies are on a hiring spree for people to man their ships. CF Sharp’s legal counsel, Atty. Carmela Magpantay said that many of their crew applying for the renewal application […]

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) through the efforts of DoTr secretary Arthur Tugade provides FREE SEAMAN’S BOOK application for first-time seafarers. Aside from that, regular mariners are entitled to a 50% discount whenever they renew their seaman’s book until December of this year. On January 24, 2022, the MARINA Board approved this move to help […]

As seafarers restart their careers this year, many are in desperate situations for that single piece of card presumably required for embarkation. Well, I guess everyone already knows what we’re talking about. It’s our Seafarer’s Identity Document or SID. And we all know that it’s been infested with fixers! What is SID anyway? Before that, let’s […]

Recognizing the restriction this pandemic has brought us, MARINA extends the validity of the expiring Seaman’s Book for all Filipino seafarers. The Maritime Industry Authority, through its Advisory No. 2020-67, auto-renews all Seafarer’s Record Book (SRB) and Seafarer’s Identification Record Book (SIRB) expiring between March 13, 2020 to December 31, 2020 for another 12 months […]

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has launched a new identification system for seafarers called SID/ SRB.  Since November 2019, they already stopped producing our Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book (SIRB) as you can see in the online appointment MISMO. What they are issuing today are the Seafarers’ Identity Document (SID) and Seafarers’ Record Book (SRB). […]