Education/Training News


Event to Promote Careers in Cranes, Rigging and Transport

Dec 29, 2015

The second annual Lift & Move USA will be held February 10 in Houston, enabling participants to network with working industry professionals, hear from young people working in the industry and explore career possibilities in the crane, rigging and specialized transport industry…

NYK's SIMS Recognized at Eco-Products Awards

Dec 25, 2015

NYK’s Ship Information Management System (SIMS), jointly developed by NYK and the Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI; head office: Tokyo; president: Makoto Igarashi), has been recognized with Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award at the 2015 Eco-Products Awards…

STS Young Endeavour Completes Circumnavigation

Dec 22, 2015

The Royal Australian Navy operated Sail Training Ship (STS) Young Endeavour sailed into Fremantle today, completing a year-long circumnavigation of the world. Assistant Minister for Defence Darren Chester was in Western Australia to welcome…

BSM Opens Mooring Station Training Facility

Dec 21, 2015

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) announced the opening of its new mooring station training facility, designed to provide seafarers and cadets with experience of this crucial and potentially hazardous area of operations. The facility is based at Subic Bay in the Philippines…

New Deep-Sea Vents, Volcanic Activity Found in Mariana Back-Arc

Dec 18, 2015

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor returns from the first ever expedition to systematically characterize the rarely explored Mariana Back-Arc.HAGANTA, GUAM – A diverse team of scientists are returning from a 28-day expedition…

When is a Master Entitled to Refuse Damaged Cargo? A Reminder from the Standard Club

Dec 18, 2015

A master’s authority to clause bills of lading issued by or on his behalf can sometimes become the cause of disagreement between shippers, charterers and carriers. Under Article III Rule 3 of the Hague/Hague Visby Rules after receiving the cargo…

Bibby HydroMap’s First Apprentice Becomes Category B Certified

Dec 17, 2015

Twenty-year-old Emma Lamont has recently graduated top of her Hydrographic Survey Category B course with Skilltrade in the Netherlands.   Lamont joined Bibby HydroMap in 2012 as a hydrographic surveying apprentice, and has since played…

Historic Low for Baltic Dry Bulk Freight Index

Dec 15, 2015

The Baltic Dry Index fell 4.7 percent to 484 points, the lowest in Baltic Exchange data starting in January 1985. Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore…

Simulation Complex for Paraguay Waterway Training

Dec 15, 2015

Transas supplies the first simulation complex for inland navigation training in the Republic of Paraguay The Transas navigational simulator Navi-Trainer Professional 5000 was installed at the Center for Maritime and River Shipowners (CAFyM)…

Setting Sail for 2017: A New Boost for European Shipping Policy

Dec 15, 2015

On the 8th of December European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) launched their proposals for the European Maritime Strategy 2017, which proposes actions in fields of short sea shipping, lifelong careers in the maritime industry, European leadership globally…

Reduction in High Risk Area for Piracy Now in Force

Dec 15, 2015

As of 1 December 2015, the reduction to the High Risk Area (HRA) as defined in Best Management Practices 4, has taken effect. Further information may be found in our earlier web alert, published on 9 October 2015 and available.  The new…

Maersk Unhappy with COP21 Climate Deal

Dec 14, 2015

The world’s largest container carrier, Maersk Line is very disappointed that regulation of the shipping industry was left out of the COP21 climate deal. The Danish shipping giant wants to see shipping back in the final draft of the COP21 agreement…

Excluding Shipping Emissions from COP Deal Makes 2°C Limit Close to Impossible

Dec 11, 2015

The dropping of international aviation and shipping emissions from the draft Paris climate agreement published this afternoon has fatally undermined the prospects of keeping global warming below 2°C, green NGOs Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment (T&E) have said…

Ambitious Countries Must Push for Shipping in Climate Deal

Dec 11, 2015

Countries calling for an ambitious agreement at the Paris climate summit must insist that language on aviation and shipping emissions be reinserted or the prospects of keeping global warming below 2°C, let alone 1.5°C, will be fatally undermined…

Cal Maritime Ranks High for Graduate Earnings

Dec 10, 2015

California State University Maritime Academy alumni rank very high on the nation’s pay scale, according to a new study examining the earnings of recent graduates. Among 1,400 four-year colleges and universities across the U.S., Cal Maritime…

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