Key Highlights Some 341 students received their diplomas in Nautical Studies and Marine Engineering together with the Certificate of Proficiency for Deck and Engine Ratings at the 114th Convocation ceremony. They join the ranks of more than 13,000 seafarers who have been trained at ALAM since its inception in 1977. Having trained the first batch of 34 ratings under the Melaka state government’s State Economic Planning Unit or Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri (UPEN) in 2016, ALAM’s collaboration with UPEN continued with 50 candidates enrolled for its upcoming Ratings programme commencing in 2017. A total of 266 sponsorships totalling RM12 million were secured from various maritime organisations for school leavers to join ALAM’s Cadetship and Ratings programmes in 2016. This is pa r t o f t he academy ’s na t i ona l commitment to providing capable and professional seafarers for the maritime industry. ALAM has been consistently ranked amongst the top 10% of the world’s Maritime Education and Training (MET) institutions, achieving an excellent rating by DNV-GL. The academy achieved a significant milestone in the international arena with t he s i gn i ng o f an I n t e r na t i ona l Collaborative Agreement with Liverpool John Moore University (LJMU). This opens up the opportunity for ALAM’s cadets to sit for the LJMU Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) at ALAM and subsequently transfer over to the Bachelor’s Degree programme at LJMU. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed with Kolej Yayasan Pelajaran Johor (KYPJ) to provide KYPJ culinary students career options in the maritime sector. The MoU will see the inclusion of certain culinary modular courses at ALAM commencing in 2017. The Academy delivered 10 research and consultancy projects to various clients and industry sectors in 2016 and jointly participated in a number of events and exhibitions that included World Maritime Day 2016 and the Sarawak Career and Training Fair 2016. One of the notable events at ALAM over the year was the visit by the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, His Excellency, Mr Kitack Lim. In 2016, ALAM was shortlisted for the Lloyd’s List Asia Awards 2016 in the “Excellence in Training” category. This reflects that ALAM’s ongoing efforts and commitment to achieving academic excellence are gaining recognition. The Academy is now an approved training centre for Offshore Support Vessel Training Programmes having received approval from Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran Malaysia (the Department of Skills Development). The academy also received ISO 9001:2015 standard accreditation from SIRIM in 2016. 77 Performance Review
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