Repatriation Flight for Filipino Seafarers Departs from Germany

Filipino crewmembers from different maritime companies check in at Hamburg International Airport on 29 July 2020. (Berlin PE photo)

BERLIN 30 July 2020 – A total 167 Filipino seafarers departed from Hamburg International Airport on 29 July 2020 on board a chartered Condor Airlines flight bound for Manila.

The flight passengers came from different maritime companies, with the bulk of over 70 crewmembers affiliated with Marlowe Shipping Management Company based in Germany. Other passengers were employed by various maritime companies in Europe. The flight arrangements were coordinated by BTH Travel Hamburg with the Philippine Embassy in Germany.

On hand to assist in the repatriation efforts in Hamburg were Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Welfare Officer Sylvia Gabriel, and Consular staff Renante Estrella and Vieto Pilapil.

Before proceeding to their boarding gate, the seafarers were given links to the AKAP program and other benefits for displaced OFWs by the Welfare Officer Gabriel.

Ambassador Dizon-De Vega expressed the hope that the returning crewmembers, who worked mostly on cargo vessels, would eventually find employment again in the international maritime sector. END

Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega (rightmost) with Welfare Officer Sylvia Gabriel (leftmost) )send off Filipino crewmembers. (Berlin PE photo)

Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega (leftmost) confers with a group of seafarers coming from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (Berlin PE photo)

For more information, visit  https://www.berlinpe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philippine-embassy.de or https://www.facebook.com/PHinGermany.