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Maersk Supply Service trains Angolan seafarers in India

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Luanda, Angola: Twenty-five eager young seafarers will have the opportunity to acquire maritime skills and develop their potential through Maersk Supply Service’s new seafaring programme for Angolans, which launches this week. In a first for the company, the cadets will be trained in India. The initiative will not only benefit Maersk Supply Service, but also help build capacity in the Angolan offshore industry. Angola requires foreign companies operating in the country to employ 70 per cent of their workforce locally over time. But in a country with no seafaring tradition, Maersk Supply Service had a challenge in building up its... Continue Reading

LIBERIA: LDS Boss Urges Liberian Students

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By: WASH R&E – The Executive Director of the Lutheran Development Service in Liberia (LDS), Mr. Joseph S. Binda is urging Liberian students to exhibit several virtues in order to be productive in life. Mr. Binda among other things, called on students to be positive in their thoughts regardless of their situation, expect more of their self, be patient, be humble, be prayerful, be consistent, be obedient to the Golden Rule, be creative and never envy anyone. The LDS Executive Director was speaking over the weekend in Salala, Bong County, when he served as Key Note Speaker at the graduation... Continue Reading