On the research and consultancy front, ALAM has delivered 12 research and consultancy projects for various clients and industry sectors. ALAM is also gearing up to offer a simulation study project for PETRONAS Floating Liquified Natural Gas-2 (PFLNG-2) currently being built at Samsung Heavy Industries. Through collaboration with Deutsche Ge s e l l s c h a f t f ü r I n t e r n a t i on a l e Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), ALAM provided advisory services to the Timor-Leste Marine Department and presented a paper entitled “Women Seafarers” during World Maritime Day Timor-Leste. The year saw ALAM playing an active role in a myriad of exhibitions. In collaboration with the Ministry of Transport Malaysia, ALAM was an exhibitor at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2015 (LIMA 2015). In addition, the academy joined the Asia Oil and Gas Conference (Malaysia) and the Sarawak Career and Training Fair 2015 under the ambit of PETRONAS. During the World Maritime Day Malaysia (WMD) 2015 celebration, the academy was named as the “Best Maritime Training Institution”, attesting to its leadership role in the maritime education and training sector. At the same event, ALAM presented a paper titled, “Maritime education and training - prospects for and roles of maritime training institutions”, and participated in the MISC Group booth and conducted career talks. As a testament to its ongoing and consistent commitment to upholding academic excellence, the academy once again received high ratings under the Malaysian Quality Evaluation System for Private Colleges (MyQUEST) 2014/2015. The MyQUEST rating system serves to evaluate the current performance of private colleges under the Ministry of Education Malaysia. ALAM has consistently achieved excellent ratings since the inception of MyQUEST in 2010. ALAM was also nominated as a contending finalist in the Lloyd’s Register Asia Awards underscoring the academy’s commitment to excellence and leadership on the maritime education and training front. Offering diplomas in Nautical Studies and Marine Engineering, ALAM has to date trained over 12,500 seafarers since its inception in 1977. Of the total number of 294 graduates at ALAM’s 112th Convocation Ceremony in 2015, 22 of them were female graduates, representing the largest number of female cadets graduating from the academy. At its 113th Certificate Presentation Ceremony, 111 rating graduates were certified as having complied with the 2010 Manila Amendments to the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention. In 2015, ALAM was selected by the Melaka State Government Economic Planning Unit to train a new batch of ratings for its upcoming Ratings programme. With the support of various maritime shipping organisations, ALAM successfully secured 265 scholarships for school leavers through its Cadetship and Ratings programmes in 2015. These efforts will go a long way in supporting the nation’s aspirations to produce capable and professional seafarers for the maritime industry. Another academic milestone was reached when ALAM successfully launched the Maritime Library and Resource Centre (MLRC) portal for its students and staff. The portal acts as a one-stop source for information and provides ready-references and necessary tools to assist users in their assignments or research. ALAM also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to provide 17 competency and modular courses (in compliance with the STCW) to MMEA officers. MISC BERHAD Annual Report 2015 71
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