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Filipinos fear losing top spot as seafarer supplier
(Shipping Times)
June 21, 1999
Threat seen coming from Asians, East Europeans willing to take lower wages
By Alec Almazan in Manila
OVER the past two years, about 50 Philippine crewing agencies lost some 6,300 manning slots to Asian and East European competitors.
These figures are contained in a recent study by the Filipino Association of Mariners Employment (Fame), an organisation of ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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