Attractive profession of seafarer – factor governing successful activity of marine administration. View from the perspective of Lithuanian maritime safety administration
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2008 |
Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration is a comparatively new institution, which, together with the Ministry of Transport of the Lithuanian Republic, has been successfully fulfilling the functions of National Maritime Administration for six years. The Administration does not perform only strategic purposes through participation in national and international shipping policy-making. Its activity is extended, new strategic goals are put forward each year. It is pleasant that our efforts are crowned with the achieved results confirming the Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration competence, and our specialists’ performance quality. On June 1, 2006, we became a full member of Paris Memorandum MoU. This is one of the goals we have been straining after for a long time and one of the most significant events in Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration. However, many designed but not yet obtained goals remain – to be included in Paris MoU white list, to participate in the IMO voluntary audit scheme. [...]