Full speed for 10-yr maritime program

The government needs to “accelerate the integrated development of the maritime industry in the country,” the head of planning administration for the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) said at a recent conference to roll a new roadmap for the industry.

Primo Siosana, officer-in-charge of the Marina planning administration, said that for the attainment of the goals, a Maritime Industry Development Program (MIDP) defining “practicable and coordinated governmental efforts which shall cover, among others, the early replacement of obsolescent and uneconomic vessels; the modernization and expansion of the Philippine merchant fleet and the enhancement of domestic capability for shipbuilding,” would be pursued.