and South America from 1982. MTC is carrying the programme of STCW 2nd
grade for five months and the total number of graduates since 1982 are 61 from 19
countries in the Engineering course and 63 from 22 countries in the Nautical course as for
1994 respectively.
Junior course
MTC also provides the preliminary training of the Japanese language and
Engineering/Nautical subjects for 8 weeks to the students who were awarded a BSc in South
Asian countries. After completing the course they have on-board-training on Japanese
ocean-going vessels, then they become officers or engineers. Since 1990, the graduates
through MTC have reached 388 from the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.
3.2.5 Marine Technical Schools
There are eight marine technical schools under the jurisdiction of MOT
in Japan. The total intake of the schools is 440 at the ages between 15 and 20 years.
Courses
Regular course
The course is aimed to recruit officers and engineers for the home-trade or dual purpose
crew of ocean-going vessels with a school period of three years
Special course
The course is aimed to recruit officers and engineers for the foreign- and home-trade with
two years schooling. The students come from senior high schools
Catering course
4. New MET system in the Asian Region
4.1 Seafarers' situation in the Asian region
The BIMCO report (3) analyzes whether every country that owns its
fleets is able to supply enough seafarers for the demand but the gap between supply and
demand widens seriously in the developed countries. The Philippines, Myanmar, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and Vietnam in Asia are listed so-called seafarer supplying (exporting)
countries. On the other hand, seafarers demanding (importing) countries are Panama,
Liberia, China, Japan and Greece.
Furthermore, 12 countries in Asia are ranked in the top 45 countries of
national ship tonnages (8). These data show the shipping industry is obviously one of the
most important industries in Asia. The STCW 78 was ratified by those countries and the MET
programmes in the countries are following the STCW
