Quality education and examination system in

3 weeks at SMU China is the responsibility of China MSA.

Engr .Nasim Khan PMA Monitoring and Audit system is very strong
Quarterly, half yearly and yearly audit is carried
“China is a large Shipbuilding country. It has
out by internal and external independent
about 1.5 M seafarers and large numbers of
agency and audit record is kept for 3 to 4 years.
ships. Economy is growing rapidly. We were
There are more than 30 thousand seafarers and
proud to be a large and self-sufficient seafarer
administrators working in China MSA. China
country but now our nation is not willing to go
MSA has overall control on Maritime education,
on board ship and 60 percent of them have left
training, examination transportation and
the sea service.” This was the first day
seafarer jobs. In 2017 report regarding
presentation by SMU professor. He further
development of Chinese seafarer, they have
recounted that now we are looking for
admitted that seafarer graph is touching the
seafarers from neighboring countries to work
bottom line. Young people don’t want to go on
on Chinese Ships and we are getting seafarer
Board Ship. They are interested in shore job.
from Philippine and Myanmar. Philippine and
Myanmar are large numbers seafarer producing COSCO Shipping Co; and V - Shipping Company
countries. There are more than 90 Maritime have more than eight thousand ships and are
Universities in Philippine and producing 4000 searching for seafarers. In next 10 years all ships
seafarer every year. would be converted to Unman Ship. Only highly
qualified and skilled seafarer in IT and Ship
I was thinking that we Pakistani are also close
profession will be in demanding and survival
to China and we have one road one belt and
position. At present Shanghai port is fully
CEPC but where we are?
automatic unmanned port. Hundreds of ships
This was a faculty exchange program organized are loading and discharging automatically.
by Shanghai Maritime University SMU and
A new satellite system Beidu NSS for navigation
International Maritime Lecturer Association
and all other communication will be launched
IMLA in Shanghai for Maritime institution all
by China in 2022. This will cover the whole
over the world to attend a training program of
world navigation and communication system.
Maritime Education and training MET. Nineteen
Presently China has his own satellite Baido.
in number professors and administrators from
Google and other rest search engines are
different countries related to Maritime
prohibited in China. Baidu is free from all
institutions and Administration were invited.
fictitious searches, pornographic materials and
There are Eight Maritime Universities in China all other junk. They have a strong monitoring
and 367 Maritime institution. Shanghai system.
Maritime University is a largest University and
Japanese professor from WMU said, Maritime
have more than 33 thousand students. They are
Education and Training is global. Ships go
getting graduation, post-graduation and Ph.D.
everywhere and this cannot be isolated. He said
degrees. Professor was advising that to secure
“Seafarers are the product of your country.
the future job in Maritime sector you must
Increase the quality of seafarer. You will
enhance the latest education. 3 – years, 2 –
improve the economy of your country. If your
years diploma and vocational training to more
country is a developing country.” If a country
academic more practical.
has strong triangle between MET, MTA and
Shipping Cos; then because of qualified
Seafarer of that country are known as Maritime Chinese people become more and more rich
nation. MET should not have a part as and many families have only one child, this is a
individual. You must have good relation with reason why Chinese peoples are reluctant to go
the other country, he further narrated on Board Ship. The professor said.

SOLAS- HOLAS is a new terminology. Safety of From CEPEC we are only facilitator to provide a
life at Sea has been changing to Happiness of safe passage from Gawader to Chine and this is
life at Sea. This is because of unman ships that the minimum advantage that we are expecting.
everything will be controlled by a control room This could be more fruitful if our nation would
far away from ship and small numbers of ship have managerial, operational jobs in all
personal will control the whole loading maritime sectors that China is searching from
maneuvering and discharging process. other countries like Philippine, Myanmar, Egypt,
Russian countries and Bangladesh.
All in three weeks session, information,
exchange of knowledge, suggestion and
recommendation gathered from Chinese
professors and administrators related to
Shanghai Maritime University, other Maritime
Universities China Maritime Safety
administration, COSCO Shipping Co; and many
others. I returned to Pakistan with great hope
and enthusiasm that being a developing country
what we can do to be a maritime nation and
getting better economy for our beloved county.

For Quality and demanding maritime training

and education, 4 year degree program in
maritime related education Navigation, Marine
Engineering, Electrical and Electronics must be
started immediately. Pakistan Marine Academy
has taken steps for higher education. Ministry
of Maritime Affairs Shipping Office and MMD
should have strong roll to develop the strong
Maritime sector. All others institutions
imparting vocational trainings must be
centralized and must be under one Umbrella.

We have great opportunity that we are close to

China and CPEC project is going on. China will
accept our qualified seafarer with open arms if
we prove that we are qualified and
commitment. If we start our thinking today we
will get maximum benefits in just after 4 years.
It is not a single hand or an individual efforts. It
is a joint struggle of all concerned to maritime
sector.