MOL Steps up Recruitment and Training of Indian Seafarers
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced an agreement with India’s Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education & Training (MANET) to establish the MOL Training Center (MANET-India). The agreement, signed on September 21, is aimed at recruiting and training seafarers in India, which is one of MOL’s key suppliers for its seagoing work force.
In India, the MOL’s in-house manning company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Maritimes (India) Private Limited, allocates about 500 Indian seafarers to 70 MOL-operated vessels. MOL plans to assign Indian seafarers to more vessels in the future.
Since 2001, MOL has operated the MOL Training Center (India) to provide shore-based training to complement on-the-job training in cooperation with the International Maritime Training Center (IMTC). The new training center, MOL Training Center (MANET-India), will further strengthen recruitment of Indian seafarers and improve the educational structure through a tie-up with the existing MOL Training Center (India) to meet the increased demand for seafarer training associated with fleet expansion.