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Indonesia-Japan Collaboration to Build Capacity of Indonesian Seafarers

The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is collaborating with the Japan Agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarers (JMETS) to build the capacity of Indonesian seafarers in the field of shipping safety.

Director of the Fisheries Business Expert Polytechnic (AUP) - Marine and Fisheries Research and Human Resources Agency, Ilham in a press release, Saturday (16/1) explained that the scope of this collaboration includes navigation research by the Fishing Technology Study Program (TPI) AUP Polytechnic which will be included in the J-Stage journal (Scopus index Q-2).

Currently, the cooperation, which was agreed to until March 31, 2022, is focusing on developing the navigation safety of fishing vessels in Indonesia by understanding radar and other navigation tools for the shipping safety.

The AUP Polytechnic provides data related to the topic of the cooperation, which will be jointly analyzed to become scientific recommendations as a study material in a bid to improve safety for fishing vessels. Later, the data and information as a result of this collaboration will become scientific publications that can be used as literature or educational and training materials to improve navigation safety for fishing and shipping operations for the crew members of fishing vessels on non-conventional vessels, not only in Indonesia but also in other countries.