Key resources like boat moulds, tools, and training modules are provided to sustain the building of fibreglass bancas for the long term. “Bancas for the Philippines went beyond physical re ...

Against the backdrop of increasingly harsh weather, brought about by climate change, the traditional boat is being reinvented using fibreglass, a synthetic material, to make it more durable.

An Orkney company has helped to build a solar-powered version of a "banca" boat which has been launched in the Philippines. The traditional vessels are typically made of wood and powered by a ...

China says Philippine ships had ‘illegal’ building materials; ... A China Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippines-contracted resupply boat at about 6:04 a.m. Sunday approximately 13.5 ...