His Excellency Mr. Chakib Benmoussa, Chairman of the Development Model Committee
Mr. Director of the Muhammadiyah School of Engineers, Mrs. Director of the Mohammadia School of Engineers Alumni Association
Gentlemen, heads of associations of institutes and higher schools, brothers, members of associations
We are honored to be with you today in this meeting, which we hope will be fruitful
The National Association of Graduates of the Higher Institute of Maritime Studies represents all executives, officers, captains and engineers in the commercial navigation sector and the maritime sector in general. The Higher Institute of Maritime Studies was established in 1978 as a successor to the National School of Merchant Navigation Officers. And he managed to graduate regiments of officers, captains and engineers, numbering more than three thousand (3500).
When the invitation came to us to participate in the work of the committee’s dialogues with the associations, we considered this in itself a positive thing, because we were complaining that our sector is not represented in the consultations.
We have always called that Morocco, with its location and history, should view the maritime sector as an independent economic pole, and not as a sector that supports other economic poles. Meaning, that Morocco includes in its economic policy the industrial, peasant and tourist pole, and it is time to look at the sea as an integrated economic pole. Therefore, when this invitation came to us, we were pleased with it because we considered this to be the entrance to dialogue with economic actors, and high frameworks for this issue, which is for Morocco to have a maritime economic pole. In our conversations and in our imaginations, we are waiting for a time to come, God willing, when we will have these poles and we will have the Minister of the Sea! We always dream about this, why? Because just by looking at the map, and at the location that God gave it, we should look at our country, which is at the convergence of sea routes
In the last year, there have been three incidents that support this vision, which I will focus on in this simple intervention
The first incident, the spread of the Covid pandemic. And when the cities were closed, quarantine was carried out and precautionary measures were taken, soldiers remained working, among them, seamen crossed the seas and oceans on board ships across the world, to bring us food and medicine. Thus, these supplies did not stop, thanks to heroes who remained in operation during that period
The second accident, which most observers noticed, as it is also a global accident, is what happened last March, when the Ever Given ship ran aground and closed the Suez Canal. As you know, 10 to 12 percent of global trade exchanges pass through this channel. And the heart of the world was beating hard because this sea lanes in the world are like the blood veins in the human body that carry oxygen to all its organs. When this important shipping lane was closed, people worried and experts from Egypt and other countries worked to open the canal again so that the normal course of navigation would return and blood would return to the veins of the world.
The third incident concerns a national issue, which we are still in the process of, ie the return of the world’s Moroccans to their homeland this summer. We know how Marhaba is of paramount importance to Morocco. It is hardly possible to find a Moroccan family without one or more children abroad waiting to visit them during the holidays. This year there was a problem, because due to the absence of our national fleet, prices rose dramatically, and Sami intervened from His Majesty the King to reduce prices so that all Moroccans could visit their country. Everyone felt the importance of the presence of the Moroccan National Fleet to avoid such pitfalls again
We have always advocated the necessity of having a national fleet, especially in order to transport passengers between Moroccan ports and southern Europe. Now everyone can clearly see how this issue has become an urgent priority
The media talked about the support that will be provided in order to maintain a reasonable level of prices. At first we heard about the amount of 2 billion dirhams, and yesterday we heard that the amount could reach 6 billion dirhams. We are now spending this amount as a remedial measure due to the absence of a national fleet, and we are obliged to pay this bill, but we hope that this will open our eyes, and draw the attention of all officials interested in strategy and national economy, that some strategic issues must be reviewed, especially the Moroccan Maritime Pole.
I suffice with this much, and I hope that there will be an opportunity for more during the discussion
God bless you
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Training: Harmony in the company (module 1)
A group of 9 persons have taken a training module in the subject of communication skills
Date: Saturday May 29th
Place: in the training room of the office
the module was about the interpersonal communications dificulties in a team and how to overcome them.
A « serious game » was organised to make trainees convinced of such difficulties. Trainers described different obstacles they find when they tried to pass ther message.
An analysis of the « perception » problems was exposed and trainees found new means to make their message more understood.
EEM GM moderated a webinar
TLr magazine is organizing a webinar on Friday June 5, 2020 under the theme: « Intelligence in logistics, is it a necessity or just a role? »
Four panelists from different positions will take part in the debate to address the issue from different angles:
Rachid Tahri, President of the Moroccan Observatory for Logistics Competitiveness (OMCL). He is also the president of the Association of Freight Forwarders in Morocco (AFFM) and a member of the logistics committee at CGEM.
Mohamed Talal, CEO of La Voie Express, active in messaging and logistics, who chaired the logistics commission at CGEM
Sanaa Hassini, Vice President of the Moroccan Logistics Association (AMLOG).
Ahmed Loukili, Teacher, trainer and researcher.
The webinar will be moderated by Hammou Jdioui, director of Eagle Eye Marine and editor of TLr magazine. He will ask several questions to the speakers around the subject ranging from the concept of intelligence from a theoretical point of view to the role of the OMCL in collaboration and the sharing of indicators between stakeholders, including the use of information. intelligence as strategy or its differentiation with governance.
The training of the merchant navy officers of tomorrow, what challenges?

The National Association of Laureates of the Higher Institute of Maritime Studies (ANISE) is organizing a Webinar on May 22 under the theme: « The training of the merchant navy officers of tomorrow, what challenges? »
Although in the world there is still a continued demand for Merchant Navy officers in the shipboard labor market, the situation in Morocco is not the same. Many things have changed over the past 10 years that may have affected the situation of OMMs and their career development
The first major factor in the decline of the Moroccan national flag has greatly impacted the evolution of the profession of merchant navy officer on more than one level:
1- Career prospects have changed
Conversion to the port
a large number have converted to port professions, either by working with the services of port authorities (port officers) or with terminal operators. the development of the Tanger Med port complex and other ports managed by the National Ports Agency coincided with the decline of the flag and these operators were able to take advantage of these skills. However, although this situation made it possible to absorb the surplus of officers in the navigation employment market, it created confusion among new generations of students as to the original reason for their training in navigation. higher institute of maritime studies
other officers have retrained in other trades and have been able to highlight their maritime know-how and adapt it to new fields, thus opening up the possibility of new perspectives.
A minority of Moroccan officers have dared to attempt international navigation
2 – the competitiveness of Moroccan merchant navy officers has been compromised
The transfer of maritime know-how has become almost impossible for lack of work between seniors and juniors on board ships. this transmission of skills “on the job” using tutoring and “learning by doing” approaches is becoming less and less likely.
Moroccan Merchant Navy Officers can no longer keep up with development and practical changes
The second factor that has directly affected the profession is technological development
scientific research carried out by industry leaders continues to provide new solutions to the various challenges facing the shipping industry: energy efficiency, pollution reduction, biological effects of ballast water, reduction in fuel costs. exploitation etc… Moroccan officers of the merchant navy must learn new concepts and acquire new skills in order to be able to follow developments.
sometimes they may need to unlearn old concepts before learning new ones
The third factor is that of regulatory provisions:
The establishment of the Ism code, new pollution laws, the MLC convention, etc.
This news demands that Moroccan Merchant Navy Officers certainly need knowledge to keep up with developments and this is not really a big challenge, but rather an ongoing update. However, the challenge may lie in the behavioral aspect and the state of mind. An 80s engineer officer could dump garbage without being aware of xxxx or incurring criminal risks
The fourth factor is the social lifestyle on board
Moroccan Merchant Navy Officers are now trendy, connected officers who work with other nationalities. They need to know how to collaborate with other colleagues from cultures other than our own.
The fifth factor that has affected the profession of Merchant Marine Officer is the business model of the companies
The trend is no longer this shipping company model with its functional organization chart that internally integrates all departments and centralizes all decisions. The market is tending more and more towards Outsourcing of functions
The contract gives way to indefinite employment and The international mindset replaces the narrow national vision of career development
In this environment, the Anise webinar wants to ask some questions to all stakeholders in the shipping industry.
First The big question that is the theme of this webinar:
How to respond to these challenges through training?
Then, the questions which arise from it and which are put to the various actors in order to see how they apprehend the role of the Moroccan officer of the merchant navy of tomorrow in order to know what their expectations are regarding his initial training and his training. keep on going.
Speakers who represent
Isem
Merchant Marine,
the shipowners
the port directorate
the Webinar will take place on Friday May 22 at 14
Merchant Navy officers take part in « stay at home » campaign

Moroccan officers on board vessels coordinated to take a picture on board showin them with a label « Stay at home » taking part of this national compain.