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maritime sector and is one of the world’s I look forward to many more successful
largest third-party ship managers with a endeavours in partnership with FOSMA in my
portfolio of 450 vessels in management. position as the General Manager – Marine
Personnel at Wilhelmsen, India.
Wilhelmsen has proudly been a part of FOSMA
from its inception in 1989. Over the years, we My best wishes to all the office bearers and
have come to cherish our shared values and member lines of FOSMA
believe that through FOSMA we have been able
to contribute to the growth and recognition of
with the Indian administration to provide “
all Indian seafarers. FOSMA has been one of the
most important pillars of Indian Shipping
industry for over 3 decades now and through
its constant efforts and relentless
Through FOSMA we
commitment has ensured continual
development of Indian seafarers. It has been
have been able to
instrumental working in close coordination
growth and recognition
highly regarded and top-quality Indian contribute to the
seafarers to global shipping.
of all Indian seafarers.
FOSMA has always been at the forefront to FOSMA has been one of
embrace various challenges relating to the most important
crewing be it in way of operations or training of
the seafarers or to meeting the regulatory pillars of Indian
requirements. Latest being the IGF courses Shipping industry for
which have now commenced in the state of the over 3 decades now and
art FMIRO training institutes at Noida and
Kolkata. through its constant
efforts and relentless
The pandemic of the recent years spared no
one. FOSMA was instrumental in organising commitment has
collective crew changes by liaising with the ensured continual
Indian government and foreign embassies development of Indian
alike. It is a fact that seafarers endured terrible “
difficulties due to pandemic induced travel seafarers.
restrictions. However, if not for the efforts of
FOSMA and its member lines, the whole
ecosystem would have collapsed.