Danish shipping firm Maersk looking for 100 Pinoy skippers

Danish oil-shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk is planning to replace at least 100 Danish captains in its fleet with Filipino skippers, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. According to the DFA, A.P. Moller-Maersk Director for Recruitment Leif Nielsen said this in a conversation with new Philippine Ambassador to Denmark Elizabeth Buensuceso. “The company is poised to replace their Danish captains (around 100 in the immediate term), with Filipino skippers," the DFA said, citing a report from the Philippine Embassy in Oslo. It said the meeting took place after Buensuceso presented her credentials to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at the historic Fredensborg Castle in Copenhagen last October 16. The shipping firm also plan to relocate their logistical operations in Singapore in 2010 making it easier for our workers to find employment and are planning to relocate their training centers for their worldwide logistics requirements in Manila, the DFA added. A.P. Moller-Maersk Group of Companies is one of the world’s biggest in container shipping and logistics, energy exploration and production, ship-building, retail and manufacturing.- GMANews.TV