More than 90 percent of seamen who work onboard the Japanese commercial fleet of approximately 2,000 ships are non-Japanese. Filipinos make up the majority with 72 percent of the total or some 35,000 seamen.
Japan is one of the most important countries in the global oceangoing shipping industry, and therefore, a major manning market for the Philippines, which is known as the manning capital of the world.
The cooperation between Japan and the Philippines has been maintained for over a decade. In the relationship, the Philippines provides Japan with highly qualified mariners, and in return, Japan accepts Filipino crewmembers on a stable basis.
The relationship has been supported not only by individual enterprises, such as shipowners, shipping companies, shipmanagement companies, and manning angents, but also including the JSU, the IMMAJ, the AMOSUP, and the Philippine-Japan Manning Consultative Council (PJMCC).
The MAAP's JSU-IMMAJ Campus can be regarded as a symbol of that cooperation, in terms of supplying seamen for Japanese commercial vessels.
Almost all of the students who study at the campus will receive scholarships and after graduating, gain employment or manning assignments by various firms that make up the Japanese merchant fleet.
Japan will have the advantage of being able to secure high-level mariners, while Filipino cadets will find job security after graduation.
produced by: Tokyo News Service, Ltd.
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