In honor of the new school year, Washington State Ferries announced its first-ever drawing contest. WSF prints 400,000 winter ferry schedules every year and distributes them in ferry-served communities and in its 10 ferry terminals and 22 vessels…
His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure, Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime (FTA) inaugurated the second edition of MARACAD 2016 the Maritime Academic Conference and Expo at Sheikh Maktoum Hall…
Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Vice Chairman, will inaugurate a unique training course tailored for its future African executives, on Tuesday September 20th. With the launch of this new African development phase, CMA CGM will advance the skillset…
The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) has launched a new online marine training platform which hosts multi-module courses, interactive learning tools and on-demand webinars. Students will have the opportunity to learn at their own pace and save in travel expenses to attend on-site courses…
For the fifth consecutive year, rescue volunteers from European nations are to participate next week in a seven day Lifeboat Crew Exchange Program organized by the International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF). The well-established program…
Proposals to revamp the way the Maritime & Coastguard Agency charges for fees for ship registrations, ship surveys and merchant navy costs are being put out for consultation.Under the new proposals, most fees including ship surveys and examinations would go up but others will decrease…
SUNY Maritime College is once again among the best universities in the North, according to U.S. News & World Report. The rankings put SUNY Maritime among the top 10 in the State University of New York system and among the top two state maritime academies in the region…
Ship owners, operators and managers have been called on by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to exercise greater vigilance in order to tackle the rise in ECDIS-related detentions and the risks to safety at sea. With a growing…
SUNY Maritime College said it has recognized nearly one third of its student body for last semester’s hard work and academic achievements. In all, 344 students were honored for making the college dean’s list, which requires a grade-point average between a 3…
Taking place on Thursday, September 8, Maritime Skills Academy celebrated the launch of its specialist training facility showcasing all that the state-of-the-art Academy has to offer to key industry guests. An integral part of the Viking ‘Family of Companies…
Authored by Professor Neil Greenberg, Managing Director of March on Stress and Professor of Defence Mental Health at King’s College London on behalf of Human Rights at Sea, the new publication, “Managing Traumatic Stress – Guidance for Maritime…
Over forty-five leading companies in the shipping and offshore maritime sector are among those who have contributed to the funding for the first ever exhibition in the Netherlands dedicated to the offshore sector, to be housed at The Maritime Museum Rotterdam for the next seven years…
The Akademi Maritim (AKMI) Suaka Bahari Cirebon has selected VSTEP for the supply of one DNV Class A FMB Simulator to train its students in accordance with the latest IMO requirements and model courses.On August 22, 2016, VSTEP and its local…
A new intake of graduate trainee engineers; the start of a new ‘term’ in their internal Weld School; three trainees over half way through a two-year Boilermaker scheme; and six graduates of the inaugural Boiler Assistant training course highlight…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that 'MOL Global Management College, 2016' was launched on September 5.MOL Global Management College started in 2014 with the aim of improving management skills in cross-cultural environments and…
