'No letup in demand for RP seafarers'

What global crisis? While other sectors are taking a beating from the lingering economic crisis, the local maritime industry seems to have been spared from the impact of massive unemployment and downsizing.

On a daily basis, about a thousand jobs are waiting to be filled up in different foreign vessels for local seafarers who enjoy high reputation abroad for being skilled workers.

“Over the last two years, the global maritime industry’s choice for Filipino seafarers has continued, and it will never face a bleak future if you look into the official running count of available jobs being offered to them everyday,” said lawyer Giovanni Lopez, over-all president of the Luneta Seafarer’s Center.

Lopez said employment opportunities—from captains to ratings—are available for local hires at an average rate of 1,000 daily.

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