Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific - Mariveles 5.98

The Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific is a non-stock, non-profit maritime higher educational institution which is owned, developed and operated by the Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines . Its president, Capt. Gregorio S. Oca, alumnus of Philippine Nautical School heads the Academy’s board of governors, a group comprised by some of the most influential organizations in the international maritime industry: the Filipino Association of Maritime Employers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation, the All Japan Seamen’s Union, the Norwegian Seafarers’ Union, the International Maritime Employers Committee Limited, the Danish Shipowners Association, the Norwegian Shipowners Association, Japanese Shipowners Association, and the International Mariners Management Association of Japan . With their technical and financial support, the first MAAP campus opened its doors to its first batch of students in 1999.Recognizing the Filipino as one of the most valuable human resources, the All-Japan Seamen’s Union and the International Mariners Management Association of Japan has partnered with MAAP to build a second facility within the Academy grounds, the JSU-IMAAJ Campus.MAAP’s primary objective is to meet the ever increasing demand of both local and foreign shipping companies with well disciplined, ably trained, competent and qualified deck officers and marine engineers who are readily at hand in a globally competitive maritime trade and industry.HistoryThe Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific was established on January 14, 1998 at Kamaya Point, Alas-asin, Mariveles, Bataan, in an 18ha land equipped with state-of-the-art facilities at par with other world maritime schools. An academy committed to be one of the world's best in terms of academic excellence in maritime education and training. It was founded by Capt. Gregorio S. Oca, an alumnus of Philippine Nautical School, chairman of the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen's Union of the Philippines . Its inauguration on November 6, 1999 was attended by Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada.