BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
Solomon Islands’ maritime bodies have come together to upgrade the country’s maritime college.
Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA) established a partnership with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Solomons Ports Authority (SIPA) and Solomon Islands Maritime Transport Association.
Agnes Gaote’e, SIMA interim director spoke about this during an interview with the media at the International Day of Seafarers event this week at Solomon Islands Maritime College (SIMC), Ranadi campus.
She said the partnership’s main objective is to upgrade the SIMC; fulfilling the government of the day’s policy launched in August 2024.
“This partnership has been established to provide governance, oversight and advisory services to the Solomon Islands Maritime College and secure partnerships and resources for its development,” said Mrs Gaote’e.
She said the launch in August 2024 is about Maritime Labour Mobility and the Shipping Registry National Roadmap.
“We have our implementation plan and have already secured some partnerships,” she said.
She said achieving the objectives of the partnership requires sharing resources between key stakeholders of the maritime industry.
She said one of the first achievements from this partnership was the construction of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) complex at the SIMC, which was launched in May this year.
“Under our partnership, we are committed to developing maritime training and providing our maritime industry with a competent workforce to work at all levels in the shipping and fisheries industries,” she said.
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