Japan shipbuilding firm to hire 4,000 workers

A Cebu-based shipbuilding firm, Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Cebu Inc. (THICI), has announced it will be hiring an additional 4,000 skilled workers in the next three months to man its recently completed P12-billion expansion project. THICI Director Roberto Aboitiz said the additional workforce will increase total employment of the facility to around 9,000 skilled workers that consist of welders, pipefitters, among others.
"Cebu is still the right place to have a shipyard and the best place for quality manufacturing. The expansion project is a testament of our commitment to the local shipbuilding industry," Aboitiz said in an interview recently.
He said THICI intends to hire some of the displaced workers from another shipbuilding firm FBMA Marine Inc., who ceased operations last month resulting to zero orders from foreign clients early this year.