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Nigerian seafaring at risk over ban on 400, 000 Philippine professionals

Experts have warned that placing a sailing ban on over 400,000 Filipino seafarers from working on European Union-flagged vessels and effectively leaving them jobless will threaten global seafarers manpower and leave the world economy staggering. An estimated 380,000 Filipino seafarers, or over a quarter of global merchant shipping crew members, are deployed on domestic or […] ....

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