Aboitiz Jebsen crew conferred
Outstanding Seafarer Award
Aboitiz Jebsen (Abojeb) seafarer Electrical Engineer Demosthenes Quiñones was recently chosen one of three Outstanding Filipino Seafarers by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Quiñones was conferred the award by International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Efthimios Mitropoulos and Labor Undersecretary Romeo Lagman. Mitropoulos was in Manila for the International Diplomatic Conference of the IMO at the Philippine International Convention Center.
Quiñones, currently onboard Hapag Lloyd’s container ship Rotterdam Express as Electrician Officer, has been with Jebsens Maritime Inc for 13 years.
Represented by wife Josephine, Quiñones received a certificate of recognition and a P300, 000 prize courtesy of Smart Communications.
The Outstanding Filipino Seafarer Awards was launched nationwide last April by DOLE through the Maritime Training Council in cooperation with the Associated Marine Officers and Seamen Union of the Philippines; Joint Manning Group; Filipino Association for Mariners’ Employment; Philippine Association of Maritime Training Centers, Inc; Marine Engine Officers of the Philippines; Masters and Mates Association of the Philippines; Conference of Maritime Manning Agencies; Philippine Association of Manning Agencies; and United Filipino Seafarers to commemorate IMO’s designating 2010 as the Year of the Seafarer.
"Quiñones enhanced the image of Filipino seafarers through his consistent exemplary work performance as Electrician Officer. Quiñones has proved equal to the challenge of rendering service as Electrical Officer onboard the old Frankfurt Express, a challenging vessel which other engine ratings, engineers and electrician avoid due to high expectations required from its crew. He was instrumental in the design of training programs for new electricians especially for those with land-based experiences and acted as screening and training officer for would-be electricians undergoing training based on European standards," said the screening committee of Quiñones.