TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 8
MARINA
launches
SIRB Online
Appointment
System
S
tarting 05 November 2018, Filipino seafarers are
directed to set an online appointment for the
processing of their Seafarer’s Identification and Record
Book (SIRB) or seaman’s book, as the Maritime Industry
Authority (MARINA) officially launched the SIRB Online
Appointment System today, 26 October 2018.
The implementation of the SIRB Online Appointment
System is in line with the computerization and automation of
all MARINA processes, which is on top of the MARINA's 14 Point
Agenda for 2018.
The SIRB Online Appointment System is just one of the various
systems that will comprise the MARINA’s Integrated Management
System which will ensure that the agency exercises strict and
uncompromising quality procedures in the delivery of public
service.
The MARINA continues to thrive in providing faster, more
convenient, and more efficient public service to maritime
stakeholders, especially to Filipino seafarers who contributed
US$5.8 billion in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
2017.
With the SIRB Online Appointment System accessible at the
MARINA’s official website (www.marina.gov.ph), Filipino seafarers
may save time and energy, allowing them to spend more of their
precious off-work period with their families and loved ones, instead
on processing centers to prepare for their upcoming sea service.
The official launching of the SIRB Online Appointment System
happened at the “Usapang STCW Forum” where approximately
500 maritime stakeholders participated on
discussions relative to maritime education, training,
and certification for Filipino seafarers such as the
MARINA’s framework in producing competent
seafarers, the agency’s strategies on ensuring
quality maritime education through outcome-based
education, as well as the Standards of Training,
Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978,
as amended (STCW) -compliant maritime training
programs in the Philippines.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Department of Health
(DOH) were also present in the forum to lead discussions on
the control procedures to verify required sea service of Filipino
seafarers, and the established medical standard for medical fitness
and procedures for the issuance of medical certificate to Filipino
seafarers, respectively.
Finally, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
(POEA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and
the Joint Manning Group (JMP) were also in attendance to share the
employment opportunities available for Filipino seafarers. http://
marina.gov.ph/
With the SIRB Online Appointment System
accessible at the MARINA’s official website
(www.marina.gov.ph), Filipino seafarers
may save time and energy, allowing them
to spend more of their precious off-work
period with their families and loved ones,
instead on processing centers to prepare for
their upcoming sea service.
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