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Other
Incentives
In addition, within the scope of new
incentives to be provided to private sec-
tor by the Government under the Law
number 5084, ship investments taken
into the category of priority investments.
Therefore ship investments can take the
advantages
of
5.Distric
t supports.
Ship investments which gained the
investment incentive certificate can take
the following advantages that applied to
investments in the 5th District;
a) Customs duty exemption,
b) VAT exception,
c) Tax reduction,
d) Support for the employer’s share of
insurance premium;
e) Land allocation,
f) Interest support (for investments
in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th districts for
investments),
g) Income tax witholding support (for
investments to be made in the 6th dis-
trict),
h) Insurance premium support (for
investments to be made in the 6th dis-
trict)
SeaNews: In line with the in-
creasing number of schools in
the Maritime Education field,
how are the plans to solve the
employment problem? How Do
you evaluate the competitive-
ness of our country’s seafarers
to export?
Binali Yıldırım:
Maritime education
in our country is provided at Faculties,
Vocational Schools, Technical Schools
and Anatolian Maritime Vocational
Schools, in compliance with provisions
of “International Convention on the
Standards of Training Certification and
Watchkeeping “ (STCW)
We already
achieved
compliance
with
Manila
Amendments
As is known, the STCW78Convention
was revised by a Diplomatic Conference
convened at Manila in 2010 in order to
meet today’s technology needs of the
sector and in order to serve the emerging
needs in seafarers’ training,
While the mentioned changes were
being considered, it was taken into
account that content and purpose of
1995 amendments of STCWConvention
is preserved, some of the discrepan-
cies and different interpretations that
arise over time are clarified, technologi-
cal innovations adapted, and the special
frame need of the industry was also
considered.
We are in the
White List of
STCW
In this context, the Seafarers’
Legislation on training, examination
and certification and quality standards,
amended accordingly with the above-
mentioned provisions of the STCW 78
Convention; taking into account the
changes made in 2010, and in full com-
pliance. All these training activities are
carried out in accordance with the pro-
visions of the STCW Convention. We
are in the WHITE LIST of STCW
Convention.
EMSA Report
Turkey successfully passed through
a series of inspections carried out by
the European Maritime Safety Agency
(EMSA), an organization acting on
behalf of European Union.
Approval of the report in question
and Turkey’s listing in the White List
of IMO enables Turkey to sign bilateral
recognition agreements with other coun-
tries under the regulation I/10 of STCW
Convention.
In this context, protocols were signed
with 30 countries and competencies of
Turkish Seafarers are recognized by
EU countries such as Germany, Italy,
Portugal, Malta and other countries hav-
ing a large fleet of merchant vessels and
Turkish Seafarers has the option to work
in the fleet of such countries.
Our Ministry is aware of the neces-
sity of cultivating the Turkish seafar-
ers trained up to the international stan-
dards. For this reason, to ensure the
full implementation of the revisions
of International Convention (STCW
Convention), we are making neces-
sary changes to our national legislation
to ensure the full implementation of
international standards, and we will con-
tinue to fulfill all the requirements for
education and training our seafarers will
continue to move forward on this issue.