Memorandum of Recognition of Certificates signed with Philippines

At the beginning of the New Year Memorandum of Agreement Between the Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on behalf of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Concerning the Recognition of Certificates Under the Terms of the STCW Convention, 1978, as Amended has been signed. This means that management-level Philippines seafarers will be in a position to work on board Lithuanian-flagged merchant ships or vice versa.

The list of countries with which Lithuania has concluded competence certificate recognition agreements is as follows:  Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russian Federation, Singapore, Ukraine, Georgia, Jordan, Philippines.