[22/06/2022]
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy Business Unit Cultural Tour is about the youth. The reason for the Massachusetts Business Cadets visiting our city is sorely based on inspiring and educating our youth about the many opportunities within the maritime industry. The group comes from the maritime business unit of the Massachusetts Academy making them more on the trade, commerce, and business side of the maritime industry.
The Massachusetts Academy runs an Experiential Learning Programme propelled by the understanding that the global nature of international relations. This, therefore, allows for the academy students to visit other countries while studying, to expose them to different cultures.
It is very important to understand that the clothes you are wearing, the gas, and many other commodities, come from somewhere outside our country. This will involve the completion of contracts, negotiations, customs relations, and a whole lot of processes and this requires cultural understanding between involved parties. Freight forwarding, Ship-broking and chartering, agents, insurers, lawyers, and other shipping service providers, all these business activities are important for sustaining our way of life and need to continue with our youth at the forefront of it all.
“We are here to say we see you and we understand. We want to be part of educating not only yourselves but also learn from you.” Dr. Portia Ndlovu.
Today was a tour of Glenwood Boys High School, Mowat Girl, and New Forest High School. A tour that was about exchanging ideas in networking, learning, and cultural exchange