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on 31 March 2020, 08:46 UTC
Dear Adel,
please contact MPI directly: admissions@maritimepilotsinstitute.org.
please contact MPI directly: admissions@maritimepilotsinstitute.org.
Riccardo
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Adel Hussein
IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association,
Libya
on 30 March 2020, 20:02 UTC
That’s amazing, my name is Adel and I am a second officer and I worked as a first pilot since 2017 at Tripoli port - Libya - North Africa .and now I’m resident in Canada. can you tell me what is the cost of such course at this center, please?
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