BIMCO collaborates with the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Ocean Technologies Group subsidiary Videotel to create a high-quality educational resource and assist maritime students continue their studies remotely.
Accordingly, the ICS Online Academy is free for all registered students until July 2020.
It is reported that the Academy was launched earlier in 2020 and has already been tested by over 300 students from locations as varied as Lagos, Kenya, Singapore, Tanzania, the UK and Canada.
Angus Frew, BIMCO Secretary General & CEO commented that
BIMCO is very happy to donate this material. In the hands of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, it will be put to good use and hopefully bring a lot of new people into the industry.
Although a new initiative, the platform uses tried-and-tested, user-friendly content from the BIMCO eLearning Diploma Programme (BeDP) that was launched in 2011 as a joint venture with Videotel, which now forms part of Ocean Technologies Group’s maritime online learning arm.
The platform, which is being regularly furnished with additional content, features modules on topics such as economics, chartering for specific vessel types, law, marine insurance and also ship, port and terminal management.