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Training & Education: At the Leading Edge

Aug 01, 2012

Innovative Brown Water Programs Arguably the best equipped and most environmentally sound maritime campus in the country, Mass. Maritime also finds itself (not by accident) at the leading edge of a fundamental change in how maritime academies deliver education in a changing marketplace…

Transas Installs First Russian Offshore Crane Simulator

Aug 01, 2012

Transas supples a simulator to the training centre of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka in Russia.The system has been designed for training of personnel operating cranes offshore on the Arctic shelf.The platform intended for the operation of the…

SevenCs Appoints New Sales Director

Jul 31, 2012

Hamburg based SevenCs has appointed Bjoern Roehlich as Sales Director.Bjoern, who started his career as a German Navy Officer, brings extensive experience in the ECDIS, VTS and simulator-markets to SevenCs. Most recently he was Managing Director of a leading European ECDIS training provider…

Seaspan Selects IFS Applications to Support $8B Navy Deal

Jul 20, 2012

IFS North America said that Seaspan has selected IFS Applications as its Shipbuilding materials requirements planning (MRP) solution. IFS Applications was chosen because it provides a powerful project-based solution (PBS) with the ability to control cost and schedule in real-time…

Maritime Cyber Security: Survival at Sea

Jul 18, 2012

What do we think of when we hear “Survival at Sea”?  It usually brings up visions of a ship in a perilous situation confronting some extraordinary circumstances that might be life or death.  We are now faced with an even more harrowing scenario…

BMT ARGOSS Secures DNV Accreditation for PC REMBRANDT

Jul 03, 2012

BMT ARGOSS has announced that its marine manoeuvring simulator, PC REMBRANDT has been granted DNV accreditation in accordance with Class S- Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 January 2011.The purpose of the standard…

Solstad Offshore Invests iwith SIS

Jun 25, 2012

Star Information Systems (SIS) has completed the installation of its Star Information & Planning System (Star IPS) across Solstad Offshore’s fleet of 50 high-specification vessels.Solstad, which operates platform supply vessels (PSV), anchor…

Kongsberg to Supply UK Nautical College Simulators

Jun 21, 2012

New Kongsberg Maritime simulators for extensive upgrade to South Tyneside College facilitiesKongsberg Maritime has been chosen to supply a suite of upgraded navigation, engine room and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) simulator hardware and…

Damen Introduces Simplified Technical English for DAMOS Software

Jun 14, 2012

As part of an ongoing effort to make its maintenance software program DAMOS (Damen Asset Management Operating System) even more user-friendly, Damen Shipyards has now captured its maintenance instructions in Simplified Technical English (STE100)…

Descartes to Acquire IES

Jun 13, 2012

Descartes Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Integrated Export Systems Business; Adds a Robust Freight Forwarder and Customs Broker Community Specializing in Processing Shipments Originating in Asia.Descartes Systems Group, the global…

exactEarth at GeoMaritime 2012

Jun 12, 2012

exactEarth is exhibiting at and sponsoring the first annual GeoMaritime event in London, UK running June 13-14. The company is looking forward to participating in this unique forum where industry, defence, government and commercial organisations…

Fugro Marinestar Agent for Italy

Jun 12, 2012

Fugro Satellite has announced the appointment of Genoa based CAIM as national sales agent for the Marinestar range of navigation products and services for deep sea commercial shipping.  The product range includes the company’s high performance…

Chart Management System Upgrade

Jun 11, 2012

Thomas Gunn Navigation Services (TGNS) has launched Voyager 4, the latest upgrade of its automated chart management systemPacked full of new applications, Voyager 4 offers the mariner an easy to use, cost effective and high quality database…

Beam Announces Inmarsat-Based Piracy Solution

Jun 04, 2012

Beam Communications Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Reach Limited (ASX: WRR), announces a new satellite piracy solution for secure communication on board a vessel. The new system operates with the Inmarsat satellite network.…

CrewInspector.com Launches Mobile Software

May 31, 2012

Latvia based maritime crewing software provider, CrewInspector.com has released an online application specifically tailored for mobile phone and tablets enabling its customers to access its crew management database. Busy crew managers enjoy…

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