Tag: maritime education

The SMOU has announced that it will contribute S$1.2 million to local shipping companies to support them provide training berths for Singaporean seafaring cadets in the Tripartite Nautical Training Award and Tripartite Engineering Training Award Programmes.

The port of Antwerp has announced the launch of a new purpose-built training facility which was officially opened on February 6 during the annual Port of Antwerp Mission to India. After the inauguration, the guests attended a first lesson in the new training centre.

IMarEST has announced that it has signed a MOU with the MARINA to further support the recognition of seafarers through routes to registration, providing a pathway for seafarers to use their Certificates of Competency and experience gained, to work towards an international qualification, Chartered Marine Engineer for engineers and Chartered Marine Technologist for deck officers.

South Africa-based School of Shipping and INTTRA have announced a collaboration through which School of Shipping students will make use of INTTRA’s training environment as part of their coursework which will enable them to simulate shipment management for the ocean stages of container transport.

India and the United Arab Emirates signed MoU to ensure the education, training and assessment of seafarers, as required by the STCW Convention.

ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki addressed attendees at the dedication ceremony for the new ABS Engineering Center at Stevens Institute of Technology on November 17, encouraging students to use these facilities to work toward solving industry challenges.

DNV GL recently announced the opening of the new Maritime Safety Research Centre (MSRC) - an industry-university partnership result - which aims to improve safety at sea through a close collaboration between industry and academia, that targets interdisciplinary, common-threaded research and development.

The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of an Undertaking between India and Korea on Mutual Recognition of Certificates for Seafarers.

Focusing on the wider spectrum of maritime education and training The IMO Council has endorsed a proposal by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to adopt "Maritime education and training" as the World Maritime Day theme for 2015.Addressing the IMO Council, meeting for its 112th session at IMO Headquarters in London, Mr. Sekimizu said that effective standards of training remained the bedrock of a safe and secure shipping industry, which needs to preserve the quality, practical skills and competence of qualified human resources, in order to ensure its sustainability."The 1978 STCW Convention and Code, as amended, has set the international benchmark for the training and education of seafarers. While compliance with its standards is essential for serving on board ships, the skills and competence of seafarers, and indeed, the human element ashore, can only be adequately underpinned, updated and maintained through effective maritime education and training," Mr. Sekimizu said.Mr. Sekimizu said that it was pertinent and timely for IMO to focus its attention on the wider spectrum of maritime education and training, in particular its adequacy and quality.IMO as an organization supports the skills-based training events and the sharing of technical knowledge, through national and regional Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP) training ...

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