TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 9
The award was presented by Capt.
Maneesh Varma, Training and
Accreditation Development Manager,
The Nautical Institute
APL
In 2017, a total of 2,574 safety
drills were conducted onboard 39
APL-operated vessels. Simulated
vessel collisions, fire and pollution
incidents, personnel overboard
cases, search-and-rescue opera-
tions, and ship-shore drills were
conducted among others.
APL also renders assistance to
distressed third-party victims at
sea through AMVER (Automated
Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue)
Maritime Safety Programme to
respond to emergencies at sea.
APL deploys the latest navigation
assistance tools and technologies
to track and analyses wide-rang-
ing nautical, meteorological and
geographic information from
ashore in real-time, 24/7. These
live analytics of the vessels em-
powered the onshore experts to
assess, anticipate and mitigate
any navigation-related risks to its
vessel operations.
Philippine Transmarine
Carriers
Answering the call to
protect the marine envi-
ronment and to contribute
to ensuring and sustain-
ing clean oceans, PTC has
passionately taken a stand
on the alarming severity
of global plastic pollution.
Through the launch of
an aggressive campaign
entitled, Plastic-Free Starts
With Me, and in keeping
with Life Below Water,
one of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals of
the United Nations, PTC
has sparked ecological
consciousness and be-
haviour change among
the communities it serves.
The Philippines has been
reported to be the world’s
3rd largest source of plastic
waste in the ocean. This
has driven PTC to address
this disturbing reality by
embarking on the broad-
based adoption of the
Ecobrick.
The award was
presented by Stephen
Miller, Regional Director
for South-East Asia and
Senior Chaplain of MTS
in Hong Kong, Mission to
Seafarers
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