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COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR MARITIME TRAINING SIGNED AT CSA CONFERENCE IN
PUERTO RICO
2007, May 16, Mayagüez, PR: A wide-ranging
Memorandum of Cooperation, covering the English, Dutch, Spanish and French
Caribbean was signed at the 6th annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference
hosted by the Caribbean Shipping Association in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico recently.
It was signed on the third day of the conference
at the Mayaguez Resort Hotel, on May 16.
The Memorandum between the Caribbean Maritime
Institute of Jamaica (CMI); De Ruyter Training & Consultancy, Vlissingen The
Netherlands (DRTC); and Dutch Caribbean Training Centre, Curacao Netherlands
Antilles DCTC will meet the training needs of the regional shipping and allied
industries by facilitating professional development and technical assistance. It
will also facilitate exchange and transfer of relevant technology and expertise
for the development of maritime training and consultancy throughout the
Caribbean, Central and South America.
Signatories to the agreement were Huib Gerretsen,
representing the DRTC; Jan Sierhuis, representing DCTC; and, Fritz Pinnock,
representing the Caribbean Maritime Inistitute.
 The
Caribbean Maritime Institute is considered the Region’s ‘centre of excellence’
for the provision of maritime education, training, research and consultancy. De
Ruyter Training and Consultancy Ltd is a leading training institute for the
shipping and allied industries, onshore and offshore, in the Netherlands. The
Dutch Caribbean Training Centre is a leading training institute for shipping and
allied industries, onshore and offshore, in the Netherlands Antilles.
By aligning standards in the Caribbean with
global norms, this Memorandum brings into Caribbean shipping a facility that
will have far-reaching developmental benefits to the Region. It will facilitate
comprehensive – vocational, professional and academic – education and training
up to Master of Science (MSc) degrees.
“This is a historical step forward and will be of
tremendous benefit to Regional development,” Mr. Pinnock said.
[PHOTOGRAPH] SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: Signatories to
the Memorandum of
Cooperation (left to right) -
Huib Gerretsen (DRTC);
Fritz Pinnock and Vivette Grant
(Caribbean Maritime Institute);
and, Jan Sierhuis (DCTC).
[Hernan F. Ayala photo.]
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