13 Filipino Seafarers Stranded for Months in China Arrive Home Today

Filipino seafarers from Guangzhou, China arrive in Manila on 22 July 2021.

PASAY CITY 22 July 2021 — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) welcomed the arrival of 13 Filipino seafarers this morning via China Southern Airlines from Guangzhou, China.  The seafarers were previously on board M/V Angelic Power which had been docked at Guishan Port, Zhuhai, Guangdong since July 2020.

The Filipino seafarers were stranded due to a maritime court case, a commercial dispute over a contract of carriage of goods at sea involving the ship owner, which led to the arrest and seizure of MV Angelic Power as ordered by the Guangzhou Maritime Court on 14 April 2021.

“The Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs and the Philippine Consulate General in Guangzhou were in close coordination with the ship agent and the licensed manning agency, Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, on the concerns and welfare of the seafarers, including the payment of their salary. We are delighted that finally, after long months, they are all going home,” stated Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Y. Arriola. END

Filipino seafarers from Guangzhou, China arrive in Manila on 22 July 2021.

DFA-OUMWA welcomes Filipino seafarers from Guangzhou, China on 22 July 2021.