Japanese shipowners prefer Pinoy mariners on their crews

Filipino seafarers got another thumbs up, this time from Japanese shipowners and mariners' management associations satisfied with their performance on Japanese merchant ships.

Officials of the Japanese Shipowners’ Association and the International Mariners Management Association of Japan aired this sentiment after they were introduced to new Philippine Labor Attache Ma. Luz Talento.

The officials were also introduced to Welfare Officer Liwayway Ilo of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) Tokyo, the Philippine embassy in Tokyo said.

"(IMMAJ chairman) Capt. Masami Sasaki and (JSA vice preisdent) Osamu Suzuki said that the employment of Filipino seafarers who comprise the majority in the crewing list of the Japanese merchant fleet underscores the importance of Filipino seamen in the international commercial maritime fleet of Japan," the embassy said.

Both officials also said their groups prefer Filipino seafarers because of their competence, skills and dedication to the maritime profession.

They said they will continue to provide the Filipino seafarers with training support through their recognized maritime education and training institutions in the Philippines to ensure compliance with international shipping standards.

Philippine embassy chief of mission Gilberto Asuque, Talento and Ilo called on the top shipping executives of Japan to establish closer links with Japanese shipowners and ship managers to promote the welfare of Filipino seafarers working aboard Japanese-flagged and Japanese-owned or operated ships.

Citing figures from the JSA and IMMAJ, the embassy said 35,380 Filipino seafarers make up 72.54 percent of the total number of foreign and Japanese seafarers working aboard Japanese-flagged and Japanese-owned merchant ships flying a foreign flag.

The embassy noted the Filipino seamen are members of the Associated Marine Officer’s and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP).

Meanwhile, the two Japanese association officials informed the embassy officials that Filipino seafarers with Japanese license or certificates comprise about 70 percent or 4,477 of the total number of foreign seafarers working aboard Japanese flag merchant ships. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News

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