Tag: training

The Seafarer Workforce Report is a useful tool to assure that the backbone of world trade is sufficient in numbers and skills.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is launching an e-learning platform in order to increase the capacity of Member States to better implement the IMO instruments.

The Maritime Skills Alliance is an association of organisations and employers, growing substantially since our creation in 2004 and now covering all of the ‘wet side’ of the industry in the UK.

The IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping considered a proposal to prioritize the revision of the IMO model course 1.21 on Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities, with a view to including specific content to establish appropriate maritime workplace behavioural norms and essential human elements of psychological safety.  

The Steamship Mutual has issued a Risk Alert focusing on container cargo operations to highlight that training and reinforcement of safe work practices is of paramount importance not only to ensure an individual’s personal safety but also to ensure that the work area remains safe for others.

All seafarers wanting to offer services for vessels in the deep seas of Kenya’s territorial waters will be required to be certified by the IMO and the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA). The government says untrained persons will not be allowed to work onboard ships plying deep seas without certification.

The Indian Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched a Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding (CEMS) at a function in Visakhapatnam.

Mumbai’s directorate general of shipping has reportedly allowed an extension in the validity of the certificate typically issued for Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW).

COVID-19 has vastly affected shipping in general, but maritime training has felt the impact the most. Covering this issue, this year’s MarTID survey aims to uncover the challenges that have arisen and the industry’s response.

Sometimes you discover that your students are not always as excited about the topic as you are. Sometimes, you find yourself losing steam and excitement, for teaching the same topic, day in and day out, for months or even years on end is tough and can get repetitive, notes Capt. Sriram Rajagopal Senior QHSE & Training Superintendent, Anglo Eastern Ship Management.