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National Consultation Workshop
on Domestic Ferry Safety

JAPAN·ls-MARCH

2008

Jakarta, Indonesia
December 5 - 7, 2007

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享且圭合哀己芸奇言塔主言舌芸号忘豆号言mobilization of people and goods, sea transportation is the mostsuitable type of transportation compared to land/rail transport or
air transport, to the extent of volume, weight and cost.
There are many ferry operators that serve this area, such as PT
PELNI, a goverrunent owned ferry operator, and PT JEMLA, PT
Dharma Lautan Utama, PT JM Ferry, and so on. In some areas
they have entered into agreements to offer ferry transport inmutual cooperation.
With the h igh volume of ferry service in this area, the possibilityof accidents is also considered high. Between 2000 and 2007 there
were several accidents with hundreds of lost lives. Some may
recall at the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 the MV
Senopati Nusantara, with more than 200 passengers, sank on her
voyage from the Port of Kumai in Kalimantan to the Port of
Semarang in Central Java. Even now, the wreck of the Nusantara
and several bodies have not been recovered yet.
The workshop itself was conducted in the Millenium Hotel
Jakarta from December 5 th to 7th, 2007 and was organized by the
Directorate General of Sea Transportation under the administrationof the Republic of Indonesia.

The National Consultation Objective

To synchronize what the ferry industry in Indonesia needs to
do to satisfy safety demands and to accommodate this to theadministration point of view and all stakeholders involved in thisindustry is the main objective of the event. Views from all sides
will be formulated into a project that enhances fe rry sa fety,
particularly in Indonesian waters.
The workshop also wanted to listen carefu lly to what theindustry needs in rela tion to human resources, equipment,
maintenance, policies and all elements that may contribute to theferry industry safety performance. In total there were about 80
participants during the event.

The Participants

Most Indonesian ferry industry stakeholders were invited andjoined this event. Ferry operators were represented by GAPASDAP(The association of domestic ferry operators), the Sh ipyards andOffshore Industry Association (IPERINDO), the Indonesian Seafarers'
Union (KPI), Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Officials(BMG). The administration was represented by the delegationfrom the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, and the
Education and Training Agency sent two speakers.
Law enforcement forces such as the Indonesian Navy, theIndonesian water police and the Coast Guard all were under thenew umbrella of the BAKORKAMLA (Coordination Body for Sea
Security) to hear and to convey their ideas at the event.
An official from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA),
which has conducted a silnilar pilot project in Kupang, Nusa
Tenggara, Timur, was also looking for the possibility of joining
with IMO in a sinillar and bigger project, in order to assist
Indonesia in enhancing domestic ferry safety.
World Maritime University Indonesia alumni sent two speakers
to offer their ideas and share opinions with the industry.

The Outcome

Two IMO experts, Mr. Moin Ahmed, Head of Asia & PacificGeographical Focal Points at the Technical Co-operation Divisionof the International Maritime Organization, and Mr. Milhar Fuazudeen
in technical cooperation summarized and offered possible solutions
to meet the industry's needs. However, any project proposal needs
comprehensive thought and careful consideration before being
implemented.
Mr. Ahmed talked about a similar project in Bangladesh, andwith IMO's recommendation it was offered to Indonesia as amodel to follow. Nevertheless the problems of the domestic ferryindustry in Indonesia are not exactly similar to the problems in
Bangladesh. Therefore, further discussions are needed to formulate
the needs of the Indonesian domestic ferry industry before it
becomes a project proposal.
At the end of the event, it was recommended to form threeworking groups to work on different issues: the first group will
focus on regulations, guidance and administration; the second
working group on education, training and safety awareness; andthe third group on design, construction, surveys and operations.
These three groups will have till February 2008 to come up
with recommendations. The IMO delegation promised to facilitate
the next meeting to continue this work.

The World Maritime University­
Sasakawa Fellows'Roles

An interesting fact was discovered at the event. Mr. Ahmed of
the IMO delegation is a WMU alumni, as is Mr. Heru Prasetyo, theadministration representative at the opening session.
The Head of the Education and Training Agency, Mr. Dedy
Darmawan delegated Mr. Wisnu Handoko and Mr. Antony Arif
Priadi, both WMU graduates, to speak about the efforts of ETA todesign a method that effectively disseminates a safety culture
among seafarer candidates.
Mr. Mugen S. Sartoto and Mr. Iqbal Fikri, on behalf of WMUIndonesia alumni, talked about the concept of a safety culture andthe need to rebuild a safety culture in the ferry industry at alllevels. One sentence is interesting to quote: "the problem is notout there, but it is inside us; let's think and do everything safely."
Several of the moderators of the presentations were also WMU
graduates: Mr. Ahmad Irfan, Mr. Rifanie Komara and Mr. Anthony
Arif Priadi. And a majority of the WMU alumni involved in theevent were WMU-Sasakawa Fellows.

Closing Remarks

All in all, the roles of WMU alumni, particularly the Sasakawa
Fellows, contributed much to this consultation event. It is expectedthat in the future the involvement of WMU Sasakawa Fellows inenhancing maritime safety, particularly in the Indonesian maritime
industry, will be improved and have a wider scope. Support fromthe OPRF will always be meaningful in making this happen.
Mugen S. Sartoto (Indonesia, 2007)
Wisnu Handoko (Indonesia, 2007)

WMU SAR In f orma ti on Pla tf orm
Bri n gi n g Search and Rescue Ex perts To gether

World Maritime University (WMU), an institution of the IMO(WMU graduates and alumni remember it as an institution par
excellence in creating experts in all fields of maritime activity)
has recently taken on the arduous task of coordinating all Searchand Rescue (SAR) related research activity under its fold to assist
the IMO in its work on SAR policy and safety issues at sea. After
researching global SAR systems and identifying gaps in
implementation, it has realized that research activities that are
ongoing in premier research institutes and organizations are notreaching the concerned SAR agencies, leading to a situation
where individual states were not able to provide con℃ct responses
to SAR events, which caused loss of life and exposed SAR crews
to various risks and undermined many SAR efforts.
To bring about an awareness of ongoing SAR research and thepositive results for implementation, WMU has created a web
based portal, www.sar-info.net. The objective of the platform is

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to collect reports about research and similar developments, theneed for cooperation and issues of interest for future research.
The focus of this platform is analytical. This means that the
information provided to the platform will be analysed, summarized
and reported back to the organization in order to facilitate
discussions in relevant con皿ittees and sub-committees, if needed.
The most important part of the platform is the reports section
where project reports, guidelines, articles, and other publications(e.g. WMU MSc. theses on SAR) will be published. The reports
section includes events (e.g training, courses, seminars) and asection on SAR tools involving software solutions.
WMU graduates and other SAR experts can benefit immenselyfrom this portal and also can contribute to it.
A full-text of the report can be downloaded from the "Friends of
WMU,Japan" website at: www.wmu.sof.or.jp

A New Initiative from
Asian Shipbuilding Experts
toward Marine Safety
and Environmental Protection
Shin ImaiJapan Ship Technology Research AssociationT

he first session of the心ian Shipbuilding Experts'Forumfor International Maritime Technical Initiative (ASEF) was

held at the Museum of Maritime Science, Tokyo, Japan

from November 15 to 16, 2007. The Forum was organized by

Japan Ship Technology ResearchAssociation OSTRA); advocatedby China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry(CANSI), the Korean Shipbuilders'Association (KOSHIPA) andthe Shipbuilders'Association of Japan (SAJ); and sponsored by

The main items discussed at this first session were Goal Based

New Construction Standards (GBS), Ship Recycling and Corrosion

Prevention, which are the current hot topics for the shipbuilding
industry in IMO as well as ISO.

Throughout the discussion, the participants unanimously agreed

to continue to hold the forum to establish clear channels ofcommunication and to engage in dialogue concerning common
matters

related tointernational

technical regulations and

The Nippon Foundation.

international standards, which can significantly affect shipbuilding

shipbuilding industries (including ship machinery and equipment

among shipbuilding engineers throughout Asia; to express

It was attended by more than 140 experts involved in心ian
manufacturing)industries. They also agreed to enhance mutual understanding

andrelevant

Japan,

Korea,

will explore the possibility of establishing an NGO with IMO­

Singapore and Thailand. It also

In closing the session, KOSHIPA acknowledged its willingness

activities

fromMalaysia,

theincludedparticipantsIndonesia,

China,

India,

Philippines,fromgoverrunental organizations andclassification societies, etc., whointernationally relevant opinions; and ultimately to promotee safety and envirorunen叫conservation. The Forum

maritimeConsultative status in th future.

to host next year's Forum in Korea, which was highly welcomedby all the participants.

were interested in the issues.

Cooperation for Improving
Quality of Seafarers
LI Yong (China, 1999)
President

Shangha Mar itime Academyi

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12-13, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. During the meeting, I was so
glad to meet Professor Toshio Hikima, Capt. Eisuke Kudo andother Japanese friends from OPRF.

The meeting was held by the Maritime Bureau, Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan.

The meeting was

From left: Li Da Ze, Li Yong (1999), Htay Win (1998), Prof. Hikima(former prof of WMU), Mr. Harunari (Director General of Maritime
Bureau, MLIT), Naoki Saito (2004), Leng Thun Yuthea (1995), andThang Duy Vo (2001)
instructor quality and how to share information about seafarer

matters. The experts discussed and suggested many ideas forattended by experts who are familiar with seafarer matters frompossible solutions.

meeting was to clarify existing problems in the field of seafarer

shipping industry is developing faster than seafarers' training. A
new ship can be built in one or two years, but a qualified captain

Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The purpose of thematters in心ia and to consider a reasonable way to internationallysolve these problems. The Japanese experts gave a presentation
entitled Purpose of the Experts Meeting and a Proposal of a New

International Cooperation, Seafarers'Maritime Education andTraining in Japan and The Current State and Challenge ofJapanese
Shipping Companies. Presentations by the Philippines and Vietnam

followed. The meeting identified concerns that could be summarized
into three major points: (1) need to improve performance of
education and training system; (2) shortage of capable instructors;(3) insufficient information about seafarer matters. To overcome
the concerns mentioned above the meeting selected key points,
for discussion on how to improve education and training systems

in licensed mariners'education and training,how

to improve

The reason for the shortage of high quality seafarers is that theneeds more than ten years'training. In my opinion, high quality
seafarers are trained by both MET institutes and ship owners. The

MET institution needs to improve its own MET system continuallyto comply with the requirements of STCW, ship owners andgovernments. On the other hand, the ship owner needs to giveseafarers'training on board.心you know, high quality seafarers

can not be trained in the MET institute directly. To become
qualified seafarers they need to practice on board for a long time.

So both efforts from institutions and ship owners are the best way

to cultivate high quality seafarers

In conclusion, I would like to say that the improvement inquality of seafarers in Asia needs cooperation between countries,
institutions and ship owners.

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Remarkable Support
from The Nippon Foundation
Mohd Fa i roz B in Rozal i (Malays i a, 2006)T

he Meeting between Littoral States and The Nippon
Foundation held in Tokyo, Japan on January 15, 2008
showed the remarkable international support from The
Nippon Foundation to the littoral States. With the Co-operative
Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protectionin the Straits of Malacca and Singapore presented and agreed
upon during the Singapore Meeting in 2007, the meeting concluded
successfully with a strong support and com皿tment from The
Nippon Foundation towards the establishment of the Aids toNavigation Fund in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (Straits).
In addition to that, The Nippon Foundation also announced
additional funds of US$
1. 5 million fo r theassessment survey of aids
to navigation in the Straits.
The
mee ting wasa tt ended
thebyrepresentatives from thelittoral States (Indonesia,
Malaysia and Singapore)
and also observers from

From left: Abdullah Yusuff B i n Bas i ron (1991), Mohd Fa i roz B i nRozal i (2006 Sasakawa Fellow), Yur i Gunad i (1990), and Mohd
Halim Ahmed (2002)
MLIT, Japan, Malacca Strait Council, Japan International Transport
Institute QITI) and Nippon Maritime Center. The Malaysia delegation
was represented by Mr. Abdullah Yusoff Basiron, Mr. Muhammad
Razif Ahmad, Capt. Mohd Halim Ahmed and myself.
That morning, the delegation had the privilege to meet Mr.
Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, and we
had a fruitful discussion on the Co-operative Mechanism. One ofthe paramount statements from Mr. Sasakawa concerned the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the stakeholder towards
the enhancement of Safety of Navigation and Environmental
Protection in the Straits.
In conclusion, it will be a historic event in the international
calendar of 2008 when Malaysia will be the first host of the Aids
to Navigation Fund. The secretariat (Malaysia) will play an activerole in the establishment of the fund, manage day-to-day workand organize related meetings to attract potential contributors toallocate their monies to the fund. Last but not least, we highly
appreciate Mr. Sasakawa's interest and determination towards the
success of the Co-operative Mechanism.

The 1st Anniversary of
the Indonesian Maritime
Security Coordinating Board(IMSCB)゜

Retno W indar i (Indones i a, 2001)

n December 29th, 2007 the Indonesian Maritime Security
Coord i natin g Board (IMSCB, or in Indones ian,
BAKORKAMLA) celebrated its first anniversary at its
headquarters in Jakarta. As the biggest archipelago in the world,with more than two-thirds of its territory being sea and its
strategic location in the Asia Pacific, it is inevitable that Indonesia
develops a strong, independent and advanced maritime sector
which is based on its national interests. Such efforts must be
supported by comprehens ive security measures at sea.
IMSCB itsel f was actually est ablished by the Indonesian
Government in 1972. However, due t o p as t and recent
develo pment s domestically, IMSCB has been revitalized byPresidential Decree No. 81 of 2005, w ith the fu nction o fcoordinating 12 ministerial level agencies. Since its revitalization,
IMSCB within its mandate has conducted efforts to coordinate
and to synergize all the stakeholders, in forms of joint patrol
operations and non-operations.
During 2007, IMSCB has conducted 3 intelligence operations,
named Gurita (Octopus) 1, 2 and 3, with positive outcomes thathave saved millions of US dollars in the State's potential loss
from illegal fishing, smugglin g and illegal ship-to-ship fueltransfers. In terms of non-operations, in addition to a number ofworking visits domestically and overseas for courtesy calls andpromoting co-operation, IMSCB among others has successfully
conducted a national seminar to enhance maritime security inIndones ia. The seminar "The Bureaucratic Re fo rmation inIndones i an Maritime Secu rity t o Commemorate the 10th
anniversary of Indonesian Reformation" was held on December
17-18, 2007 in the Novotel Ho tel, Bogor City, West Java. The
seminar, which was attended by representatives of domestic
stakeholders throughout Indonesia, was also made poss ible by
the generous support from the Ocean Policy and Research
Foundation (OPRF) and the Japan Coast Guard. We welcomed
the presence and presentations of Mr. Eisuke Kudo of OPRF,
Capt. Yuri Furusawa, Cdr. Yasushi Soda and o ther JCG delegates.
We greatly expect that such excellent cooperation will be enhanced
further in the future. IMSCB, as a newly operating institution,must be emp owered, either institutionally or corporately in order
to be able to perform its duties and functions to the highest
extent possible. Support from OPRF and JCG, for example, ishighly appreciated.

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Japan: Assisting inJamaica's Maritime Development
Carolyn G『aham (Jamaica、2008)

apan and Jamaica's good friendship became official in March

Volunteers QOCV) program. Through this program volunteers fromJapan work in many areas of need in Jamaica such as special

the British. This relationship has remained strong and today Jamaica

benefits from much assistance from Japan. Many Jamaicans can be

programs. It is through the JOCV activities that Jamaica's maritime
capacity has been strengthened.

Japanese students.

In the early years of the establishment of the Maritime Authority ofJ

1964 when both countries entered into diplomatic relations.
This was two years after Jamaica gained independence fromfound in Japan, in areas such as education, teaching English to

education programs with the disabled, sports and cultural exchange

Japan has been very supportive of Jamaica's maritime development.

Japan operates mainly through the Japan International Cooperation

Jamaica (MAJ), Mr. Karasawa, a naval architect, was on secondment

JICA is also responsible for the Japan Overseas Cooperation

department of the MAJ. Mr. Karasawa also gave assistance to the
Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI).

Agency QICA) to assist developing countries such as Jamaica.

and was very instrumental in the establishment of the technical
CMI is the training institution for seafarers in the Caribbean region

as well as personnel in shore-based and affiliated organizations. Thisinstitution gained much assistance with the provision of lecturers in

the deck and engine departments. Japan also, under its technicalcooperation program, provided a boat for the CMI which is being
used for training and research.

The fellowships offered by The Nippon Foundation to Jamaicannationals to attend the World Maritime University represents another

MAJ 's Training at Catherine Peak in Blue Mountain(Photo by Karasawa in Feb. 2002)

way in which Jamaica is benefiting from the benevolence of Japan.

A Memorable Visit to
The Nippon Foundation
Jens-Uwe Sch『oder (Associate Professor, WMU)

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to this opporunity as it allowed me to visit Japan and to pay atcourtesy visit to The Nippon Foundation.

After working at WMU since 2000 I was appointed as The

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n Foundation Chair i n 2006. I have to admit that I did notn Foundation. Of course I knew

Nippon Foundation were: starting from a global fight against

leprosy;

ontinuing with support to students worldwide whocwant to study Japanese culture; facilitating young talented musicians;

many, many more fields of interest; and finally coming to maritime

research, the area that WMU benefits most from.

After this introduction I met with Mr. Sasakawa personally andwas very pleased and honored that despite the wide focus of The

Nippon Foundation he was very well informed about current andk ow much about The Nippo

future developments at the university and in Sweden, the hostvery stro g focus othrough a number of questions focussing on important events atnthat they are one of the largest supporters of WMU and had acountry of WMU. He also showed a very active interest in WMU

n maritime research and are linked to anumber of important projects i n the maritime world, such as
shippi ng routes in the Arctic. However, I did not have a very

WMU, such as the "Women in Development" conference in April

interests of the Foundation. I was therefore very grateful whenmeet with Mr. Terashima, Mr. Kudo, Mr. Sakai, and Mr. Ichikawanspecific idea about other involvement and non-maritime specific2008 and the 25th anniversary of the university in June 2008.

After the visit of The Nippon Foundation I had a chance to

Mr. Kudo, the Executive Director of the Ocean Policy Researchfrom OPRF and the WMU Friends of Japan. This too, was a very

during last graduation at Malmo. It was an unexpected, but very

towards WMU. In summary, my visit to Japan, although short inFoundation offered to arrange for a visit of The Nippon Foundation
pleasant surprise that Mr. Sasakawa himself would make a few
minutes for a short conversation available. Before the meeting

good oppor unity to see the strong con皿itment and supportttime, had a very interesting program confirming the supportive
spirit of the WMU Friends of Japan. I left Tokyo with a feeling ofwith Mr. Sasakawa I was given a more elaborate overview about

pride and honor to be a Nippon Foundation Chair and I am

Foundation. I had no idea how widespread the activities of The

that will be.

all the different initiatives that are supported by The Nippon

looking forward to the next opportunity to visit Japan, wheneverFriends of WMU JAPAN I 6

It's Won_derful
to bea Contact Family

゜Annica and Arne No『dst『omMalmo, Swedene World Maritime
een acontact family for a couple of students. It seemed so
nice, we had to try it ourselves! Now we are hosts to our fourth
stude nt from Japan. We we re inte rested in hosting Japanese
students because our son studied Japanese and has travelled forquite some time in that fascinating country. We love travellingourselves and although wehave been to many places,
we haven't visited Japan yet.
So now we have many goodreasons to pack our bags
soon and meet our friends
in their home country!
Our first student was MおsTomomiur fam恥first got in touch with th

Univ rsity through good fri nds who had b

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had the chance to invite her mother to our home when she wasvisiting Sweden. Her vおit was unforgettable as she demonstrated
the wonderful tea-ceremony for us in our home. As she holds a
diploma in the art of the ceremony from Hiroshima, her visit is acherished memory for us and our children. We also had the honorof meeting Tomo皿's father at her graduation.
The students after Tomorni we re Yutaka Emi - who came to
Sweden with his wife and three adorable children - and Yukinori
togeth r with h r andMatsui, both of whom graduat d in Octob r 2007. Weee had soe Yoko taught us how to preparesushi and now I feel quite an expert! Yoko's sister was also able
to come to one of our outdoor parties while she was visiting.
Yoko learned Swedish and was very clever at speaking thelanguage, but the children even learned to speak it with thelocal accent! They attended the same kindergarten our children
had gone to 15 years earlie r, so we had that in common as
well. Sometimes it can be hard to find suitable times to meetup, as our Japanese students are so diligent with their studies.
Each time a student goes home to Japan, th
leave a realvoid behind them. They have become friends for 1恥，and weare trying to keep in contact as much as possible.
Now we are hosting our fourth student, Tokimasa Yokoi,
who has his wife Kana with him in Malmo. We have alreadyestablished a nice relationship with them and look forward to
happy times ahead. The students are easy to socialize with as
they are just as positive and curious as we are! So we exchangethoughts and experiences, and learn from each other.
WMU always arranges a n皿ber of pleasant occasions eachyear when contact families are invited to attend. We try to go tomost of these and never miss the wonderful graduation ceremony.
This autumn we were lucky enough to be specially invited to a
reception hosted by the Ocean Policy Research Foundation at theJapanese Consulate in Malmo, where we had the pleasure ofmeeting Mr Kudo. We look forward to continuing our contact
with our WMU students, with WMU and the OPRF.
many good tim s. Emi's wifeey

Swedish Christmas
Seiji Tomokuni (Japan, 2008)

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has a white beard like Santa Claus in Sweden, that's Tomten.
In December 2007, a Swedish family, Anna and Jonny, kindly
invited us to Christmas dinne r. We sat around eating a lot of nice
Christmas dishes and they told me the story of Tomten.
"A long time ago, Tomten was a gnome looking after thehouses and cattle of fam認However, it was believed that if
people saw him, it would cause bad luck. Therefore, people
treated him well and gave him rice porridge on Christmas."
Late r, the Swedes got influenced from European Catholic
culture. The tradition of Tomten and Santa Claus came together.
Now Tomten is an old nice man giving "jul klappar" (Christmas
presents) to children. Actually, the father of the child disguises
himself as Tomten and brings prese nts, so the child shouldS

pr t nd not to r cogniz him v n if th child knows who h is.
Jonny has a long whit b ard; h looks just lik Santa Clausor Tomt n. I'v h ard that Jonny and Anna w ar r d cloth s andbring Christmas gifts to children in many kind rgart ns andmany famili s v ry y ar. Th y ar so popular that th ir sch dul
book at Christmas is always full. In addition, th y giv th ir
handmad Christmas gifts to WMU stud nts v ry y ar.
Tomt n is a v ry hard work r who brings invaluabl m mori s
not only to children but also WMU stud nts.

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visited Manila city in the Philippines on January 21, 2008 to
Exchanges with Sasakawa Fellowship Iundertake
ASEAN-Japan Maritime Security Joint Exercises for the2007 Overseas Exchange Fund Project.
Members in the Philippines

From left: Ninfa D. Martinez (1997), Maria T. Daguio-Mamisao (2006),
Zaldy G. Maquera (1998), Ronaldo P. Bandalar i a (2005),
Son i a B. Malaluan (1998), and Jean Ver P. P i a (2003)

In view of the increasing need for anti-terrorism measures
worldwide, the joint exercise is an initiative of Japan aimed atstrengthening security measures at ports through international
cooperation, and on this occasion, focused on communications
training in security information between Japan and ASEAN
countries. Adopting a scenario in which stowaways and bombs
are discovered, the communications training took place at acontainer terminal in the Port of Manila.
I paid a visit to MARINA (Maritime Industry Authority) of the
Department of Transport and Communications and met withmembers of the Sasakawa Fellowship.
Appreciating the great efforts made by the Friends of WMU,
Japan Secretariat, Philippine Sasakawa Fellows wished to be
informed on every occasion of Mr. Sasakawa's visit to thePhilippines.
They enjoyed very much Mr. Kudo's unique hospitality at themeeting. And all of them expressed their wish that the next
session of the Regional Network Meeting be organized by thePhilippine Chapter.

Information from the Secretariat
Chapter Blog for Sasakawa Fellows in Your Countries:
We, the "Friends of WMU, Japan" Secretariat, have slowly been creating
a WMU SasakawaChapter Blog (www.wmu.sof.or.jp/chapterblogs.html).
心you can imagine, this is our first attempt to create a chapter blog,
and we are hoping to develop and expand this blog page little bylittle. So far, four chapter blogs have been created in Japan, thePhilippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia. If you wish to have your own
WMU Sasakawa chapter blog in your country, please contact us at:
wmujapan@sof.or.jp"Fellows'Contributions" page on the Website:
This "Fellows'Contributions" page on our website (www.wmu.sof.or.jp)
is created for Sasakawa Fellows and current Sasakawa Fellowshipstudents who would like to share information/stories with the viewers.
And very recently, we have received two wonderful contributions from
Sasakawa Fellows:

1. Htay Win (Myanmar, 1998) has contributed a report on "ASEAN
Twenty-Fourth Senior Transport Officer Meeting and ASEAN
Transport Dialogue Partners Meetings" which were held on
October 29-31, 2007 at the Raffles City Hotel in Singapore.
2. Donny Michael (India, 2004) participated in the "WMU Searchand Rescue Research Workshop" that was held at WMU, Malmo
on December 11-12, 2007, and he contributed a report on theworkshop-related issues"Fellows'Directory" page on the Website:
Our "Fellows'Directory" page on our website is for WMU Sasakawa
Fellows and current WMU Sasakawa Fellowship students only. If thispertains to you, you will need to contact us in order to get your own"username" and "password."
When you e-mail us for the username and password, please do notforget to write down your date of birth. We need to confirm before theusem皿1e and password are given to you. For more information, pleasee-mail the "Friends ofWMU,Japan" Secretariat at: wmujapan@sof.or.jp.

Editor's Postscript
As mentioned in the article on page 5, The Experts Meeting on
Improving Quality of Seafarers in Asia was held in Tokyo in
November 2007. As you can see in the photographs, many of the
WMU graduates and Sasakawa Fellows attended this meeting.
Recently when I attend international meetings relating to maritime
affairs, I inevitably meet up with WMU graduates. These graduates
hold important positions in their countries, and while this achievement
is a reflection of the efforts they have made in their careers after
graduating from WMU, it is also indicative of the recognition of
WMU in the field of maritime affairs.
At this meeting I felt a strong sense of joy and pride in theconcerted efforts of the WMU family members to improve thequality of Asian seafarers who are indispensable in the Japanese

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shipping industry. As a person working in an institution of maritime
education in Japan, I was strongly convinced that I must makefurther efforts to ensure that the results of this meeting develop andbear fruit.
At this time, I also wish to inform you that Ms. Emi Senuma of
the secretariat, with whom I have been working at the editorial
board meeting, has tendered her resignation from the Ocean Policy
Research Foundation. I would like to take this opportunity to
express my gratitude for her dedication to her work and wish herevery success in her future endeavors.
Prof Toshia Hikima
Marine Technical College

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