Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. is seeking “vigorous and sustainable reforms”
in the maritime industry for the Philippines to pass the European Union
safety audit in October and be able to save the jobs of Filipino seafarers
boarding European Union-flagged commercial vessels.
At least 360,000 Filipino seafarers are aboard EU vessels but their number
will be pared down by 80,000 initially if the Philippines flunks the safety
audit to be conducted by the EU Maritime Safety Agency.
Belmonte stressed the need to upgrade standards of training for the sailors
to ensure that all schools comply with international norms and principles.
Earlier, the German Shipowners’ Association (Verband Deutscher Reeder) has
warned that tens of thousands Filipino seafarers risk losing their jobs in
EU-registered ships if the Philippine government fails to pass the EU maritime
audit in October.
The International Chamber of Shipping, the world’s principal shipping
organization representing 80 percent of the world’s merchant tonnage, also
called the attention of President Benigno Aquino III in a letter to address the
EU’s concern over the country’s maritime industry’s failure to pass the audit
last April.
During his visit to Germany, Vice President Jejomar Binay disclosed after
meeting with some 50 German shipping titans in the seaport capital city of
Hamburg that they would keep their Filipino seamen and supported the country’s
efforts to pass the next EU maritime safety audit. Read the full Manila Standard article here http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/06/12/80000-seafarers-face-job-loss/
Although University of Cebu is often a choice of
Marine Engineers Seamen, the cheapest tuition is at CTU Cebu Technological
University with tuition about 8000 pesos per semester and they have many campuses in various towns all over the island of Cebu with many cadets in Carmen, Cebu. Be aware there are over
40,000 Marine Engineers graduating every year here in the Philippines and most
graduates do not get hired on the international ships where the best pay is,
usually the ones that do get hired at the top notchers in grades or with
relatives already working on the international ships to help them apply with
references. Read more about CTU here at this link
This was the message of Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) 7 Director Nanette Villamor-Dinopol during the International Seafarers’ Day celebration at a mall in Cebu City yesterday.
Dinopol delivered her speech after a five-kilometer parade participated by seafarers and representatives of shipping lines, maritime schools, labor groups and government agencies.
Dinopol said yesterday's celebration marked a milestone toward two important challenges.
Read the complete article in the Sunstar
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/06/26/more-heroes-seafarers-are-ph-s-sailing-ambassadors-289308
PHILIPPINE GLOBAL SEAFARERS: A PROFILE
pdf format history to download http://www.psap-parola.org/home/wp-content/files/pdf/2004-02-12-philippine-global-seafarers.pdf
The free rides, which the Light Rail Transit also offers, will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. “in celebration of the day of the Filipino Seafarer” on June 25, MRT officer Toby Andulan and LRT spokesman Hernando Cabrera announced on Friday.
Seafarers who will avail of the free train rides only need to present their valid Marina-issued seaman’s book, or PRC ID, they said.
