Videotel, a global provider of e-Learning maritime training solutions and a company of KVH Industries, Inc., has released the Videotel Partner API, an application programming interface that facilitates the exchange of data between Videotel and any of its clients’ crew management software systems…
Continuous Improvement (CI) is a term we hear a lot lately. Sadly, despite knowing the term and possibly even applying CI principles to some aspects of operations, CI principles are infrequently applied to in-house job and familiarization training…
The Marine Training Institute (TMTI), a division of Beier Radio, LLC, offers a five-day U.S. Coast Guard-approved “Leadership and Managerial Skills” course at its Gray, La., campus. The Leadership and Managerial Skills course covers leadership…
The San Jacinto College Maritime Technology and Training Center on the Maritime Campus is now open for maritime training along the Port of Houston. Located at 3700 Old State Highway 146 in La Porte, Texas, the 45,000-square-foot Maritime…
More than 400 delegates representing maritime training centres, shipping companies, certification societies, maritime administrations, and suppliers from all over the world, gathered in Singapore for the IVth Simulation User Conference hosted by Transas…
Today Vladivostok-based Far Eastern Federal University (FENU) opened the International School of Ice Ice Mechanics to 30 students and young scientists from Russia, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Norway. They will study the basics of field…
23 letters of employment delivered to new graduates in the presence of the Institutions of the School.Eleven Italian shipping companies “christened” the courses at the I.T.S. Fondazione “G. Caboto” (Caboto Foundation), an Institute of Advanced Technology…
Maritime employers and seafarers’ unions have joined forces to publish new international ‘Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying’.The new Guidelines, developed by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)…
Total maritime output or maritime economy of China is expected to generate nearly 6.5 trillion yuan (988.79 billion U.S. dollar) in 2015, about 7 percent more than 2014, reports Xinhua. State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said that the…
Marine engineering apprenticeship program will create greater access to education and training in maritime and advanced manufacturing fields Foss Maritime announced today a partnership to establish the curriculum for a new marine engineering apprenticeship program…
IRClass Academy, part of the Indian Register of Shipping, demonstrated its commitment to Maritime Professional Development by successfully delivering a new 4-day Executive Management Course in Ship Superintendency. The course featured in…
National Wind Farm Training Centers (NWFTC), is providing a new SHEQ review and training service for its clients in the offshore wind industry. During a recently completed pilot program, assisting in the improvement of working at height, transfer…
New shipping simulation game TransOcean2: Rivals offers new challenges for players seeking to take the helm as head of a virtual shipping company Both the multiplayer mode as well as the single-player campaign of the economic strategy simulation…
Maersk Line, a unit of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has retained its position as the world’s largest container shipping line, according to Alphaliner. It is still the world’s largest ocean carrier by capacity but its closest rivals…
The State University of New York Maritime College will confer the honorary degree of doctor of science degree on Morton S. Bouchard III, the president and CEO of Bouchard Transportation Company, Inc., during winter 2016 commencement exercises Friday…
