JSMEA holds 3rd ship machinery,equipment industry seminar in Manila
Japan Ship Machiner y and Equipment
Association (JSMEA) held a ship machinery andequipment industry seminar in Manila on Feb.
6, 2020 with financial support from The Nippon
Foundation.
It was the third seminar that JSMEA had
organized in the Philippines, following those in 2015and 2018. As it did in 2018, JSMEA teamed up
with Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), which gave aseminar on ship management in the morning of thesame day, for an event entitled “Japan Day”.
JSMEA signed memorandums of understanding(MoU) in March 2019 with the Filipino Shipowners
Association (FSA), the Philippine Interisland
Shipping Association (PISA) and the Philippine
Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA)to enhance relations with these partners. In June
2019, JSMEA reached a similar agreement withJSMEA meets with MARINA, FSA, PISA

Front row (from left): Mr. Christopher
Pastrana, chairman of PISA; Ms. Naninette
Villamor-Dinopol, deputy administrator
for operations of MARINA; Vice-Admiral
Narciso A. Vingson, Jr.; Mr. Masaharu Ono;and Mr. Dario Roy Alampay, Jr., chairman
and president of FSA
Back row: Mr. Shuzo Ueda, head of
the Overseas Fishing Vessel MarketDevelopment Working Group at JSMEA(center); Mr. Noboru Ando, executive
managing director of JSMEA (second fromright); and Mr. Shoichi Kitamura, advisor toJSMEA (far right)

JSMEA holds ship machinery, equipment seminar

JSMEA meets with MARINA, FSA and PISA.

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Mr. Masaharu Ono delivers the opening address.

Vice-Admiral Narciso A.Vingson,Jr. gives the opening speech.

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the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). Helpfrom these organizations enabled JSMEA to holdthe Feb. 6 seminar, which welcomed some 180
attendees from a wide variety of sectors, such as
the government, ship owners, shipbuilders andfishery companies.
Following the opening address by Mr. Masaharu
Ono, vice-chairman of JSMEA, Vice-Admiral
Narciso A. Vingson, Jr., officer-in-charge (OIC)of MARINA, delivered the opening speech. Mr.
Vingson said the Filipino maritime industry is
now accelerating its efforts to protect the naturalenvironment and ensure safety, and to modernize
domestic ships and the shipbuilding industry.
To this end, he added, it is necessary to win
cooperation from Japanese ship machinery andequipment makers. Based on the MoU signed
between MARINA and JSMEA, Mr. Vingson said
the Philippines hopes that Japanese manufacturers
will continue to contribute to his nation.
After the opening ceremony, 12 JSMEA members
gave presentations respectively on their latest
products for fishing and other general commercial

vessels. The event was at overcapacity from thebeginning, forcing many attendees to remain
standing. Local interested parties continued toflow in to hear the presentations until the end. At
business-matching tables set up near the seminarhall, the affiliated manufacturers actively exchanged
information with customers, using their productcatalogs and other materials.
After the seminar, JSMEA held a networking
reception again with ClassNK, providing an
opportunity to encourage those from both nations
engaged in maritime affairs to deepen theirfriendship.
About ship machinery and equipment seminar
Date: Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020
Venue: Diamond Hotel Philippines
Attending JSMEA members: Daihatsu Diesel
Mfg. Co., Ltd.; The Hanshin Diesel Works, Ltd.;IHI Power Systems Co., Ltd.; Kongo Colmet Mfg.
Co., Ltd.; Miura Co., Ltd.; Nabtesco Corporation;
Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.; Semco Ltd.;Taiyo Electric Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Keiki Inc.; Uzushio
Electric Co., Ltd. (BEMAC); and Yanmar Co., Ltd.

JSMEA members deliver presentations

JSMEA organizes networking reception with ClassNK

Business-matching tables are filled with many attendees.

Mr. Yoshinori Kozeki, corporate officer and director of the Survey
Operation Division at ClassNK, give the opening remarks.

Mr. Dario Roy Alampay, Jr. proposes a toast.

Mr. Shuzo Ueda speaks at the end of the reception.

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