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Foreign Students of Port Management Course on Malta field trip
PR827
06/05/1997
06/05/1997
| The Minister for Transport and Ports, Mr Joe Debono Grech, this | morning met 18 students, from 16 different developing countries, who are following the M.Sc. Course in Port Management at the World Maritime University, in Malmo, Sweden. |
| The Minister told the university students that as one of the | leading flag states in the world and as an important Maritime Centre in the Mediterranean, Malta was hosting and sponsoring their field trip, through the Malta Maritime Authority, and that the Island's maritime facilities can indeed serve as a good model for the students. |
| During their stay in Malta, the students will visit various | Maritime organisations in order to closely observe their activities. Amongst these organisations will be the Merchant Shipping and Ports Directorates at the Malta Maritime Authority, the Malta Freeport, the Kordin Grain Silo and Sea Malta Co. Ltd. |
| The Minister pointed out that, in the past, Malta had already | benefited from postgraduate training programmes at the World Maritime University and at the International Maritime Law Institute, which is sited in Malta, and that these two global institutions are the most important on-going technical co-operation projects of the International Maritime Organisation. Students graduating from these institutions very often become the leading experts in the Maritime Sector of the developing countries they come from. |
| The Minister told the students that one of the first actions he | took on being entrusted the portfolio for the Maritime Sector six months ago, was to inform Mr W.A. O'Neil, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, that it is the declared policy of the Government of Malta to continue encouraging registration of Merchant Ships under the Malta Flag, since Malta's |
| International Ship Register was an essential part of Malta as an | International Service Centre and was indeed an integral component of Maritime Malta. |
| The Secretary General will now be visiting Malta, towards the end | of May, in his capacity as Chairman of the governing board of the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, in order to preside at this year's Graduation Ceremony. During the Secretary General's visit the opportunity will be taken to discuss co-operation with the International Maritime Organisation in the common objective shared by Malta and the Organisation to ensure maritime safety and cleaner oceans. |
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