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CE Alfredo Haboc,
who was recently
designated MARINA
Deputy administrator
for regional concerns.
MARINA holds
public information
campaigns
T
he Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
continues to conduct public meetings
under its program, “USAPANG STCW”,
with shipping and crewing managers
and executives to re-inforce accurate
interpretation of the agency’s STCW circulars
and address some operational concerns.
Meetings and dialogues held with several manning
and shipping stakeholders were direct response to
clamor of some quarters as well as attest to MARINA’s
commitment in ensuring improvement in its operational
system. Said events in various regions of the country also
served as avenue for feedbacks to be addressed and/or
corrected for smoother processing.
According to CE Alfredo Haboc, who was recently
designated MARINA Deputy administrator for regional
concerns: “While several steps have been made to ensure
compliance of the Philippines in the 2010 Manila
Amendments of the 1978 STCW Convention, we are
now implementing strategic actions to beat the deadline
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and make it as efficient and effective for our seafarers.”
Haboc said that as much as possible they would simplify
their processing for the convenience and improvement
of the agency’s services to the Filipino seafarers.
He also stressed that due to pressure of time, they
have been requesting seafarers and their manning
agencies to strive hard to comply with the 2017 Manila
STCW Amendment deadline.
For their part, shipping and manning companies
have been monitoring the status of compliance of their
officers and crew in the past several months. They
also praise the holding of meeting and dialogues with
stakeholders has been a good avenue for them to clarify
issues and concerns as they propose that such activity be
conducted regularly.
Said activity is spearheaded by the Public
Information Division, led by Herbert Nalupa and
supported by Examination and Assessment Division
Chief Ms Josephine Castillo and METSS Michael John
Esplago.