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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 (