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Simulation: Delgado Maritime & Industrial Training Center

Mar 27, 2017

Delgado Maritime & Industrial Training Center13200 Old Gentilly Road,  New Orleans, LA 70129Tel: (504) 671-6620Email: [email protected]: www.dcc.edu/academics/workforce/maritime-fire Overview  Delgado’s Simulator Suite is…

MOL Holds Graduation Ceremony for Filipino Seafarers

Mar 21, 2017

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced the graduation of 88 students in the sixth class of the '3rd Year Program,' which MOL introduced with the goal of developing crewmembers who will uphold strict safety standards in vessel operation. The 3rd…

MSRC Delivers PPU Presentation to Mexican Pilots

Mar 20, 2017

The Maritime Simulation Resource Centre (MSRC), a pilot simulation training and port feasibility studies facility, recently gave a presentation on Portable Pilot Units (PPUs) to the directors of all the Mexican Pilots Associations. The day-long workshop was given at the request of Captain ALT…

Danos Posts Best Safety Record in Company History

Mar 20, 2017

Danos completed 2016 with a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.11, the lowest since the company began tracking the data in 1979. The company credits this record to its comprehensive safety management system and the dedication of employees at every level…

New Cyber Awareness Training for Mariners

Mar 16, 2017

The United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC) has launched a new e-learning course, Cyber Awareness for Mariners, the first training course of its kind for mariners on maritime cyber. Cyber Awareness for Mariners will provide mariners…

USMMA Resumes Commercial Sea Year

Mar 15, 2017

On February 15, we announced that Sea Year training for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Midshipmen will resume on three commercial carriers – Crowley Maritime Corporation, Maersk Line Limited and American President Line. This followed implementation…

Seagull, DNV GL Offer Cyber Security Training

Mar 15, 2017

Cyber security threats have increased over the past few years in the maritime industry. Together with DNV GL, Seagull now offers an immediate solution to help train staff to be cyber secure.  With the increasing use of systems with embedded software on ships and mobile offshore platforms…

Ferry Safety and Technology Conference 2017

Mar 14, 2017

There is a convergence of new advances in technology for ferries AND quantum leaps in ferry operations in Asia, Africa and North America.  Can operating a ferry be made better safer and cheaper? Yes, says technology.What’s exciting…

BIMCO, ICS Start E-learning Courses

Mar 07, 2017

The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (the Institute) and BIMCO are pleased to announce the start of a new venture combining BIMCO’s state of the art eLearning courses and the Institute’s global engagement with students. This is a major…

New Media Simulator Brings Maritime Exercises to Life

Mar 03, 2017

Baltic Exchange based global crisis communications company, Navigate Response, has launched a social and mainstream media simulator to improve the realism of shipping industry exercises and enhance companies' crisis response preparations.  The online platform…

HII Graduates 184 Shipbuilders from Apprentice School

Feb 28, 2017

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted commencement exercises on Saturday for 184 graduates of the company’s Apprentice School located at Newport News Shipbuilding. The ceremony was held at Liberty Baptist Church Worship Center in Hampton…

Senate's Green Signal to Caribbean Maritime University

Feb 25, 2017

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will now gain university status, following the passage of legislation in both Houses of Parliament to effect this. Not a single senator opposed the bill to make way for the Caribbean Maritime Institute Act…

GasLog LNG Services Selects E-learning Solution

Feb 23, 2017

LNG tanker shipmanagement company GasLog LNG Services Ltd. has selected Seagull Maritime’s e-learning material & Competence Management platform for use fleet-wide, in manning offices and online, along with the Crew Evaluation System for its main office in Greece…

IMO Training in Malaysia

Feb 16, 2017

An International Maritime Organization (IMO) training in Malaysia has seen port State control officers practice inspecting air pollution and energy efficiency rules aboard a container ship in Johor Port.  The participants from across Malaysia…

USCG-approved Courses at Maritime Technology and Training Center

Feb 16, 2017

A variety of U.S. Coast Guard-approved maritime training courses are being offered this spring at the San Jacinto College Maritime Technology and Training Center on the Maritime Campus in La Porte, Texas.  These courses are open for companies…

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