Media Coverage

Halimah harap rami anak muda ceburi bidang kelautan
02 November 2013

INDUSTRI kelautan, atau maritim, adalah antara sektor ekonomi Singapura yang paling pesat berkembang. Ia menyumbang sekitar 7 peratus kepada Hasil Dalam Negeri Kasar (GDP) negara inidan menggajikan sekitar 170,000 pekerja.

Bidang maritim sedia peluang seluas lautan birtu
02 November 2013

SEWAKTU menjalani Perkhidmatan Negara (NS), Encik Mohamed Haziq Ibrahim, 21 tahun, dikerah memantau kapal yang berlabuh di Pulau Jurong. Di sana, anak kedua dalam keluarga tiga beradik itu menjaga kapal tangki minyak syarikat Exxon-Mobil.

Tanker's crew stranded since February
18 September 2013

A CREW of 23 foreign seamen has been stranded for more than six months aboard a massive oil tanker anchored off Marina Bay. The 22 Indians and a Romanian face low morale and cabin fever after becoming innocent victims when the ship was seized over an alleged US$65 million (S$82 million) debt.

'I'm doing this for my kids' future'
11 September 2013

IF HE had stayed at his previous job, there would be no way he could have earned more in the future. Wanting a better life for his family and to provide for his children’s education, he took up a programme that would let him take up seafaring roles.

Usaha pikat lebih ramai warga tempatan ceburi sektor maritim
09 September 2013

BEBERAPA usaha kini giat dirancang untuk meningkatkan jumlah warga tempatan bekerja di kapal-kapal yang didaftar di negara ini. Ini termasuk menyediakan lebih banyak haluan dan sokongan bagi kemasukan ke dalam sektor maritim, dan dengan menjadikan pekerjaannya lebih menarik.

Push for more locals in maritime jobs
07 September 2013

Minister says demand for skilled manpower will continue to rise as sector grows and S’pore expands port facilities

$4.3m boost for maritime cadet training
07 September 2013

SINGAPORE’S important maritime industry is getting a $4.3 million funding boost, to be spent on equipment for training 500 industry cadets a year.

Calls to attract more Singaporeans to join shipping industry
15 August 2012

SHIPOWNERS, seafarers and the Government can work closer together to attract Singaporeans to the industry, Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union General Secretary Thomas Tay said yesterday.

劳资政三方每年注资420万元培训更多航海员
07 August 2012

高级海员联合会、全国职工总会就业 与职能培训中心以及劳动力发展局三年前推出的劳资政航海培训奖计划，今年起每年将投入420万元，将它用来提高学员的受训津贴，也让更多对航海有兴趣的人加入计划，当局希望在未来两年培训80人成为航海员。

$4.2m to train sea cadets to be captains
07 August 2012

The Tripartite Nautical Training award, jointly funded by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), and the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union, has earmarked $4.2m to train 80 sea cadets in the next two years.