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Profiles in Training: Marcus Cheesman, Founder, Seven Seas Preparatory Academy

Jul 20, 2020

Marcus Cheesman started his maritime training in 1987 at the early age of 13, attending Trinity House Navigation School, the UK’s only Nautical school. Upon graduation he was selected for a deck cadet apprenticeship with P&O Cruises and continued to progress through the ranks with P&O Cruises…

New Bill Aims to Secure Grant Funding for Maritime Training

Jul 06, 2020

A new bill introduced in the U.S. aims to make available $200 million in grant funding for community and technical colleges offering training programs for maritime industry professions. The legislation H.R. 7456 was introduced by Congresswoman Sylvia R…

Partners Launch LNG Training in Singapore

Jul 06, 2020

GTT Training said Monday it has reached a training partnership agreement with Wavelink Maritime Institute (WMI) to facilitate the delivery of GTT Training’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry related courses at WMI’s training facility in Jurong…

New Guidelines for Controlling Drug and Alcohol Use at Sea

Jun 26, 2020

New guidance from the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) addresses the potentially serious impact and risks associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs or other impairing substances by maritime personnel on board ships…

V.Group Partners with Ocean Technologies Group

Jun 26, 2020

Ship management and marine support services provider V.Group and maritime learning and operational technologies company Ocean Technologies Group have partnered to offer e-learning to V.Group personnel and customers.Starting later this year, V…

Technology Enhances Crew Well-being -Report

Jun 25, 2020

A new report published by satellite communications provider Inmarsat examines the ways technology can benefit crew safety, health and wellbeing at sea, at a moment when COVID-19 has exposed the welfare of seafarers to global scrutiny.The report…

Wärtsilä to Supply Simulator for Inland Shipping Training

Jun 04, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä said it has been contracted by the City of Duisburg, Germany, to provide the latest in simulator technology for inland waterway navigation. The simulator will consist of seven full mission bridges in two locations within Duisburg…

Profiles in Training: Capt. Ted Morley, MPT

May 27, 2020

Captain Ted Morley is a ubiquitous figure in maritime training circles, the COO and Academic Principal at MPT in Fort Lauderdales. MPT consistently enrolls more than 10,000 students annually, catering to the whole maritime market from super yachts to super tankers and everything in between…

Crew Training for a Future that Includes Autonomous Vessels

May 20, 2020

As we continue to contemplate a future with ships transitioning to automated and autonomous operations, the need for new and innovated crew training will only increase. Our current and future ship crews will need to straddle both new and existing vessel operation technology…

Le Havre Pilot Ops Enhanced with Wärtsilä Simulator

May 20, 2020

Wärtsilä will supply a complete navigational simulator upgrade for the Le Havre pilot station in France, providing the pilot station with a new simulator adapted to the requirements of the pilots’ operations.The order with Wärtsilä was placed in February 2020…

Training Tips for Ships #12: Training in COVID-19 Times - A “How to Guide”

May 18, 2020

COVID-19 is requiring all operators to reconsider how they train. In-person traditional training is essentially prohibited by this pandemic. So how do operators adapt quickly to maintain compliance and train for safe operations, yet do so in a COVID-safe way…

Profiles in Maritime Training: Martyn Thomas, Chief of Staff, Stream Marine Training Ltd. (SMT)

May 15, 2020

Martyn Thomas is the Chief of Staff at Stream Marine Training Ltd (SMT Ltd.) following many years working for both global training providers and cruise companies.  SMT is a maritime skills and technology business providing fire-fighting, sea survival…

Coast Guard Academy Cadet Receives Fulbright Award

May 08, 2020

First Class Cadet Owen Gibson, a Civil Engineering major from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has received a Fulbright Award to pursue a two-year Master of Science degree in Water Resource Engineering and Management at the University of Stuttgart…

Hong Kong's Marine Department Resumes Services

Apr 30, 2020

Hong Kong's Marine Department will resume all services, with the exception of surveying outside of Hong Kong, from May 4 after a suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a deppartment spokesperson said Wednesday.Following the coronavirus outbreak…

Port Elizabeth Adds Lifting Muscle to Prep for Citrus Season

Apr 14, 2020

Port Elizabeth Container Terminals (PECT) prepares for the upcoming citrus fruit harvest with new Liebherr mobile harbor crane technology. The two LHM 600 were transported from Rostock, Germany to South Africa. After a 20-day journey, they were unloaded from the transport vessel “Happy Dragon”…

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Stena Line welcomes Stena Futura onto Belfast-Heysham route

Stena Line welcomes Stena Futura onto Belfast-Heysham route

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South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Eyes Acquisition of US Shipyard

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ASEAN Looks to Deepen Trade Ties with China

UK’s First Electric Shipping Routes Set to Slash Irish Sea Emissions

UK’s First Electric Shipping Routes Set to Slash Irish Sea Emissions

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