COMPANY PROFILE

MERCURY Shipping Corporation (MSC) is a duly licensed and authorized by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to engage in the business of manning ocean-going vessels.  As a Company belonging to a Group who pioneered in the ship manning industry backed up by more than  thirty (30) years of shipping experience, it is one of the respected and acknowledged leaders in the field. 


MSC was officially registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 11, 1985 as MERCURY Shipping Corporation (MSC). Its main purpose is to own and/or manage vessels for international and domestic trade, as well as to provide shipping service/s to foreign shipowners, particularly the supply of quality Filipino seamen to man vessels, and to render agency services to vessels calling at Philippine ports. 


After almost thirty years in the business, MSC has professionalized its business operations which include the following:


The Company is staffed with highly qualified and competent personnel with wide and long experience in various aspects of shipping operations.  Likewise, the Company’s Top Management is widely involved in furthering industry interests and concerns as an active and respected member of the core manning associations in the industry. Virjen’s incumbent President, Ericson M. Marquez, son of Mercury’s  founding President, Ponciano C. Marquez (who is and equally respected leader of the shipping industry until his retirement in 1995) is now one of the acknowledged leaders and a pillar and spokesperson of the manning industry and has served as President of the Filipino Association for Mariner’s Employment (FAME) and the Philippine Association of Manning Agencies and Ship Managers (PAMAS). He served as  Vice Chairman of the Joint Manning Group (JMG), the association of Five (5) Shipping and Manning Associations which represents the private sector in tripartite meetings with the government and labour sectors.


The current office of MSC is at the 17th & 18th Floor, MARC 2000 Tower (owned by MARC Properties Corporation), located at 1973 Taft Ave., corner San Andres St., Malate, Manila, Philippines.