Navigation and anti-collision training available to Filipino seafarers
MANILA,
Oct. 6 (PNA) — One of Japan’s largest shipping companies, “K”-Line, has
announced it is willing to give navigation and anti-collision training
to Filipino seafarers interested in working for huge merchant marine
fleet.
The
shipping company said the training will be done on its
newly-constructed facility in Pasay which is equipped with
state-of-the-art simulators and has the capacity to train 10,000 seamen
trainees annually.
A
modern clinic fully furnished with modern medical equipment is also
installed to look after the health of prospective seafarer trainees
”K”-Line
said Filipino sailors enrolled in the program will be given intensive
anti-collision and grounding training, and shiphandling in congested
and narrow waterways by very experienced instructors.
The
shipping firm decided to include anti-collision training in its
training syllabus for its prospective crews as the incidents of
collision worldwide have skyrocketed through the years.(PNA)
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