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Wärtsilä Webinar on Making Best Use of Scarce Resources

Nov 19, 2012

The Webinar, titled 'Performance Optimisation for the Merchant Marine Market' is freely available to all on 29, November 2012.In today’s marine market a difficult equation must be solved every day: how to achieve increasingly positive results with increasingly scarce resources…

BAE Launch UK Apprentice Training Initiative

Nov 19, 2012

BAE Systems pilot initiative in conjunction with UK business sector agencies will train 50 engineering apprentices for companies in NW England.Interested supplier companies attended a conference at the firm’s Apprentice Training Centre in Preston where the 50 young people will be trained…

SNAME 2012 Annual Meeting

Nov 19, 2012

The Greek Section of the prestigious international Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers ( SNAME ) had an impressive participation in the October 2012 SNAME Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island in USA. Ten of its members…

PJMTM Center Earns ClassNK Certification

Nov 16, 2012

ClassNK announced that it has certified the type specific ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) training courses provided by the newly established ECDIS training center, Philippines-Japan Maritime Training Management Inc. (PJMTM)…

NNS Employee Named Outstanding Apprentice 2012

Nov 16, 2012

Newport News Shipbuilding employee Greg Hoefflin has been named an Outstanding Apprentice for 2012 by the Virginia Apprenticeship Council.Hoefflin, a 2012 graduate of The Apprentice School at NNS, is the ninth Apprentice School graduate to receive the honor since it was first awarded in 1998…

Michel Named 15th President of Webb Institute

Nov 14, 2012

Dr. George Campbell Jr. named Chairman of Webb’s Board of TrusteesR. Keith Michel, Chairman of the Board of the Herbert Engineering Group of Companies, has been appointed President of Webb Institute, the country’s foremost school of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering…

Griswold Awarded Webb, ABS Scholarship

Nov 14, 2012

Webb Institute awards second ABS scholarship for 2012 for studies in naval architecture and marine engineering. Webb Institute, a four-year college specializing in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, has recognized the second ABS Scholar for 2012…

Index-Linked Container Contracts Webinar

Nov 13, 2012

Drewry & the World Container Index arrange an educational webinar on 5th December 2012 to explain how Index-Linked Container Contracts work
.The webinar will examine the causes of recent container freight rate volatility and how index-linked…

Seagull Licensed to Utilize ISF Onboard Training Books

Nov 13, 2012

Norwegian training specialist Seagull AS signs a licensing agreement with the International Shipping Federation (ISF).The agreement allows Seagull to utilise electronic versions of the widely-used ISF Onboard Training Record Books in conjunction with the Seagull Competence Manager software…

EIVA and Atlas Services Group Join Forces

Nov 13, 2012

The international recruitment company Atlas Services Group and EIVA have joined forces by entering into a collaboration agreement that will include training courses on the EIVA software suite in Atlas Services Group’s training curriculum offered globally…

Seagull Offers High Voltage Maritime Equipment Training

Nov 12, 2012

Maritime training specialist Seagull plugs the gap in training for shipboard expertise in operation of high voltage electrical systems.The wider adoption of electrical propulsion, variable speed drives and cold ironing have combined to make shipboard higher voltage systems (above 1…

New Hazardous Material Transportation Training Program

Nov 12, 2012

Environmental Resource Center offers in-depth training on regulations for marine & air transportation of hazardous materials.Businesses that are involved in the sea or air transportation of hazardous materials can help their workers keep…

DTC Introduces US-based Training

Nov 12, 2012

On April 7th, 2013, Dredge Technology Corporation will introduce its well-known Simulator Training to the USA.  The training will be presented in collaboration with the Netherlands-based Training Institute for Dredging (TID) and makes use of TID’s own Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) Simulator…

Certified Port Executive Program Welcomes New Members

Nov 12, 2012

The CPE Certified Port Ececutive Program welcomed ten new graduates at the completion of their program in Vancouver, October 19th 2012.  The CPE Certified Port Executive  Program creates a new learning pathway for professionals in the port world…

Seagull Signs Landmark Licensing Agreement

Nov 12, 2012

Norwegian training specialist Seagull AS has signed a licensing agreement with the International Shipping Federation (ISF), the global employers’ association for shipowners, which will allow Seagull to utilize electronic versions of the widely…

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