Transportation
Philippines Warns Agencies Not to Send Seamen to Persian Gulf
A cadet seamen takes part in drills at the Mariana Academy for Maritime Studies in Manila, Philippines.
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The Philippines is telling crewing agencies to stop sending its nationals to the Persian Gulf, according to people familiar with the matter, making it more difficult for shipowners to rotate the thousands of seamen stuck on vessels behind the Strait of Hormuz.
The Southeast Asian nation has issued advisories in recent days via the Department of Migrant Workers telling agencies not to send Filipino crew to war zones such as the gulf to replace other seafarers there, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing sensitive information.