Earl Maghirang

The third nationwide staging of examinations for the Maritime Students Assessment Program, held on February 1-2, was successfully completed with 70 maritime colleges acredited by the Commission on Higher Education Accredited (CHED). A total of 7,131 second year maritime students; including 2,761 BSMarE and 6,463 BSMT majors participated. Major Philippine manning and professional associations also actively supported participated the event led by the Philippine-Japan Manning Consultative Council, Inc. (PJMCC), the Filipino Association for Mariners Employment (FAME), the Philippine Association of Manning Agencies and Shipmanagers, Inc. (PAMAS) and the International Maritime Association of the Philippines (INTERMAP).

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), manning agencies, and Filipino seamen’s organizations have agreed to establish a labor arbitration system with voluntary arbitration as an alternative mode of settling labor disputes in the maritime industry.

To foster a stronger maritime cooperation, shipping representatives and government officials from the Philippines and Japan attended a conference dubbed, "Working Together to Meet the Challenge for a Stable Supply of Seafarers."

Fourteen members of the Philippine-Japan Manning Consultative Council (PJMCC), were recognized during the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Agency Performance Awards 2005 last January 31, 2006.

The IMMAJ (International Mariners Management Association of Japan) and the PJMCC (Philippine Japan Manning Consultative Council, Inc.) Foundation, Inc. spearheaded the installation of three training equipment to three maritime agencies.

The Philippine Japan Manning Consultative Council, Inc. (PJMCC) office moved to 6th Floor of the Mariners' Home located in 1765 A Vasquez and J. Nakpil Sts, Malate, Manila.

You can still reach PJMCC at the same number, 02-5260489.

PJMCC is a non-stock, non-profit organization composed of manning agencies that provide seafarers to Japanese owned, operated or chartered vessels that are covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the All Japan Seamen's Union and the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen's Union of the Philippines.