TIM eMagazine Vol.1 Issue 1
PHILCAMSAT
Receives
Belgian
Maritime
Recognition
T
he Philippine Center for Advanced
Maritime Simulation and Training,
Inc. (PHILCAMSAT) has received the
distinction of being the first maritime
training center in all of Asia to be recognized
by the Belgian Maritime Inspectorate as
its courses receive certification from the DirectorateGeneral for Maritime Transport under the Federal
Public Service Mobility and Transport agency of the
Kingdom of Belgium.
Also granted certification was the Mapúa-PTC
College of Maritime Education and Training (CMET),
an industry academic-linkage between leading crew
management company Philippine Transmarine
Carriers, Inc. (PTC) and the Malayan Colleges Laguna
of the Mapuá Institute of Technology.
Issued in Antwerp, Belgium by Naval ArchitectDirector Bart Heylbroeck, the certification verifies that
the content, method of instruction and the evaluation
employed by PHILCAMSAT and the Mapúa-PTC
College of Maritime Education and Training (CMET)
in their training courses are in accordance with the
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers (STCW) code. With this development,
PHILCAMSAT trainees and graduates of the MapúaPTC College of Maritime Education and Training (