Why Choose UMMI?

True to its mission to produce and serve delighted and contented seafarers by putting them first in our priority list every time, all the time, UMMI is continuously investing in the career, personal development and welfare of our seafarers as well as their families.

1. Career Advancement Program

Seafarers are trained in accordance with the applicable career development training program to broaden their technical and chartering expertise. This is to ensure that the company will provide only the top-quality seafarers that will meet the standards of its loyal principals.

  • Junior Officer Career Advancement Program (JOCAP)
  • Cadetship Program

2. Wellness Benefit

UMMI has put together a wellness benefit package to assist the seafarers as well as their families in maintaining their physical well-being and provide support to them.

  • HMO – provide health maintenance to crew and his family with increasing number of dependents and Maximum Benefit Limit (MBL) based on sea service.
  • Dental Health Program – to ensure maintenance of seafarers’ oral health before every sea service and assists Principals to resolve the increasing claims on dental problems on board.

3. Long Service Bonus

4. Higher License Bonus

5. Special Incentives for good Crew

The company values exemplary performance of our seafarers on board Principals’ vessels through simple rewards, bonuses or incentives, our little way to thank and motivate our seafarers to carry out their duties to the best of their ability.

6. Financial Assistance

  • Crew Welfare and Family Care Program – A special benefit that aims to help only the most deserving seafarers particularly those who are still in the working age but can no longer go on board due to some unfortunate reasons.
  • Bereavement Assistance – UMMI also provides financial support to the bereaved seafarer and his family.
  • Salary Loan – UMMI lets qualified crew members to obtain cash advances through its partner company, MarCoPay Inc.

7. Retirement Plan

UMMI is formulating a good plan to provide this benefit. Aside from being mandated by law, UMMI also aims to recognize and reward the loyalty of seafarers to the company. It will also help the seafarer to provide his family a decent future at the time when the seafarer can no longer go on board.

8. Mandatory Benefits

  • Leave Pay
  • Standby Pay
  • SSS
  • Philhealth
  • Pagibig (HDMF)
UMMI will continue to formulate new ideas and programs to provide better service to its principals, and for the benefit of its crew and families. These programs, implemented with the cooperation of the principals and vessel owners, ensure satisfying experience for all parties involved.
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