South Korea's modern maritime training ships dock in Subic Freeport
About 250 midshipmen from South Korea aboard two modern international maritime training ships arrived here on Tuesday for a five-day port navigational exercise for marine engineering and transportation courses.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Feliciano G. Salonga welcomed the arrival of SAE NURI and SAE YUDAL, South Korea's most advanced training ships being operated by Mokpo National Maritime University (MNMU).
Salonga, a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and holds a rank of Commodore in the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA), said Subic Freeport has started to lure international maritime academies for the conduct of its navigational training course here.
"Subic Freeport is on the verge of the biggest maritime industry boom in the country and South Korea is taking the lead by creating a synergy with the SBMA," Salonga said.
MNMU Marine Transportation System professor Captain Myung Ou Youn said, "Subic is a very good place for maritime industry offering good environment and deep seaport facilities."
Youn said the port visit here is also part of its campaign to promote international cooperation with universities offering maritime courses in the Asia-Pacific rim including the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in San Narciso, Zambales.
Youn also cited the presence of South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industry and Construction (HHIC) with its $ 1-billion ship building center here to boost the Philippine maritime industry and joint economic cooperation between two nations.
PMMA president Rear Admiral Fidel Dinoso said three PMMA cadets have been selected as full scholars of MNMU and will be joining the Korean midshipmen on board SAE NURI ship for one-year ship voyage and training.
Dinoso added that apart from the scholarship grants to midshipmen, MNMU will be inviting PMMA professors to complete their two-year Masteral course on Maritime Science in South Korea.
The USMMA through its continuing education program provider, Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS), has expressed interest in setting up an international maritime school in this premier Freeport zone.
"Our efforts to aggressively develop maritime business will be useless if we do not have enough competent human resources to fill up the requirements of the industry," Salonga said. (PNA)
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Feliciano G. Salonga welcomed the arrival of SAE NURI and SAE YUDAL, South Korea's most advanced training ships being operated by Mokpo National Maritime University (MNMU).
Salonga, a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and holds a rank of Commodore in the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA), said Subic Freeport has started to lure international maritime academies for the conduct of its navigational training course here.
"Subic Freeport is on the verge of the biggest maritime industry boom in the country and South Korea is taking the lead by creating a synergy with the SBMA," Salonga said.
MNMU Marine Transportation System professor Captain Myung Ou Youn said, "Subic is a very good place for maritime industry offering good environment and deep seaport facilities."
Youn said the port visit here is also part of its campaign to promote international cooperation with universities offering maritime courses in the Asia-Pacific rim including the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in San Narciso, Zambales.
Youn also cited the presence of South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industry and Construction (HHIC) with its $ 1-billion ship building center here to boost the Philippine maritime industry and joint economic cooperation between two nations.
PMMA president Rear Admiral Fidel Dinoso said three PMMA cadets have been selected as full scholars of MNMU and will be joining the Korean midshipmen on board SAE NURI ship for one-year ship voyage and training.
Dinoso added that apart from the scholarship grants to midshipmen, MNMU will be inviting PMMA professors to complete their two-year Masteral course on Maritime Science in South Korea.
The USMMA through its continuing education program provider, Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS), has expressed interest in setting up an international maritime school in this premier Freeport zone.
"Our efforts to aggressively develop maritime business will be useless if we do not have enough competent human resources to fill up the requirements of the industry," Salonga said. (PNA)
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