MUSCAT, 21st March, 2017 (WAM) -- Oman and Bahrain signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the mutual recognition of Certificate of Competency (CoC) issued by both countries to seafarers and workers aboard ships.

Inked by the Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications and Bahrain's Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, the MoU comes within the framework of the meeting of the Omani-Bahraini joint Committee which was held in Bahrain and in implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978.

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