Now that Hurricane Irma has passed, Florida and the American South have begun to assess the damage and initiate cleanup and recovery operations. The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that PortMiami’s north channel – the city where Irma was predicted to hit hardest – was...

A “trailer park-type trailer” that has served as a chapel for merchant sailors making stops in Long Beach and Los Angeles is slated to be demolished to make way for the Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement.

The trailer belongs to the International Seafarers Center of Long...

LONG BEACH >> Most days, Ajith Pushpakumara is far from home.

The Sri Lankan electrical engineer and father of two daughters, 11 and 13, is a crew member on a container vessel, traveling six months at a time for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

While he enjoys the work, it is...

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday ordered the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli to exert all efforts to secure the release of 20 Filipino seafarers detained by Libyan authorities on suspicion that they were transporting smuggled oil.

The Filipinos w...

On Saturday, August 19, the Corpus Christi Seamen’s Center hosted a barbecue for seafarers, volunteers, staff, and anyone interested in supporting the work of the nonprofit organization. The Center tends to the merchant mariners who move 90 percent of the world’s trade...