RP's 1st maritime research center to rise in Zambales

by Recto M. Adamos

San Narciso, Zambales -- The Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) campus will soon raise the country's first maritime research center intended for Filipino midshipmen, students, researchers, even professional in seafaring industry, Rear Admiral Fidel Dinoso announced.

This project will be in close cooperation with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), which will be tapped as one of the conduits to gather books and other reference materials for the library, and later converted into maritime rearch center.

Feliciano Salonga, SBMA Chairman, escorted shipping industrialist Bienvenido Lim who brought along with him volumes of maritime books which will be stored at the PMMA library.

At present PMMA is undertaking modernization program like setting world-class simulator building to house the Full Mission Bridge, Engine and Cargo Handling Simulators. All of these simulators passed the highest quality of international seafaring standards. (PIA Zambales)