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ESAB Reminder for AWS Scholarship Application Deadline

Jan 21, 2025

For all welding students who want to focus on education and training rather than the burden of paying for school, ESAB reminds students that the deadline to apply for AWS 2025 Foundation national, district, and section scholarships is March 1…

Port of Oakland kicks off 2025 paid Internships

Jan 09, 2025

The Port of Oakland is excited to announce the kick-off of its 2025 paid Summer College Internship Program.Qualified applicants can competitively apply for summer internships in a variety of professional fields at the Port including Aviation…

Maine Maritime Cadets win Crowley Scholarships

Dec 23, 2024

Cadets Anna LaDue and Odegaard Fields from Maine Maritime Academy have been awarded the Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship. These students were selected based on their performance during the cadet training periods aboard Crowley-operated…

HII, Job Corps Partner to Build Shipbuilding Careers

Dec 10, 2024

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program, partnered to host a two-day recruiting event to offer students a direct career path to a job in the shipbuilding industry. The event attracted over 120…

AET, SMF ink MoU to Strengthen Maritime Talent

Dec 06, 2024

AET, owner and operator of maritime transportation assets and specialised services and a member of the MISC Group, and the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop Singapore’s maritime talent pool…

MPT Welcomes Dr. Crystal Allen Craft as VP, Academic Affairs

Dec 03, 2024

MPT announced the addition of Dr. Crystal Allen Craft as Vice Principal of Academic Affairs. Dr. Craft brings extensive maritime, engineering, and leadership history to this role, contributing to MPT’s position as the U.S.’s largest private maritime training school…

Historic Tug Transferred to Great Lakes Maritime Academy

Nov 25, 2024

Today, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) completed the formal transfer of the Robinson Bay tugboat to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy during a ceremony at Snell Lock.This celebrated vessel, originally built in 1958…

SCA, Maersk ink Management Training Center pact

Nov 22, 2024

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and Maersk Training (MT) have entered into a landmark agreement to establish a Centre of Excellence focused on leadership and crisis management training for SCA employees. The agreement was signed at a ceremony…

DSC Dredge Celebrates Champagne's PMP Certification, Inspiring Journey

Nov 08, 2024

Not every story at DSC Dredge (DSC) is about a dredge - some are simply about people making a powerful impact.DSC is proud to recognize and celebrate one of its newest team members, Jenny Champagne, for achieving her PMP (Project Management Professional) certification…

10,000 Cadets Attend Sailors’ Society Virtual Conferences

Nov 07, 2024

Record-breaking numbers of cadets and ratings from across the globe have attended the 2024 Sailors’ Society’s cadet conferences.The four virtual interactive events held for North and South East Asia, Africa, and this month for the UK and Europe…

ICS Launches eLearning Academy

Oct 02, 2024

The world of maritime education and training continues to evolove, with the announcement last month that Lloyd's Register had acquired Ocean Technologies Group, and the announcement today that the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) launches…

NYK inspires "Next Generation" onboard PCTC

Aug 16, 2024

NYK recently welcomed 33 elementary-school-aged students to Harmony Leader, an NYK-operated pure car & truck carrier (PCTC), as part of the city of Kawasaki's Marine Month.The students boarded Harmony Leader and toured the cargo holds, living quarters…

Simulation Training Profile: Chris Hearn, Memorial University

Aug 05, 2024

Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, is a microcosm of how this unique regional cluster has parlayed its geographic locale and harsh, unique operating conditions into world leadership in the maritime, offshore energy and subsea tech spaces…

Tip #60 - AI & Maritime Trainers ... "Watch Your Back ... " [Part II]

Jun 25, 2024

Training Tips for Ships [#60]Last month’s Training Tips for Ships discussed the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the future of maritime training. My thoughts on this were triggered by the recent headline in the Financial Times: “Andreessen Horowitz raises $7…

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