Tag: training

The Swedish Club has seen the successful conclusion of its latest Marine Insurance Course, with standing room only and a packed programme of discussions, seminars and speeches from industry experts in Marine Insurance.

This working group (WG) was established at the 64th SIGTTO General Purposes Committee (GPC) meeting in September 2011

SIGTTO Working Group on the use of support vessels in the emergency response and protection of LNG carriers and terminal was established at the 66th GPC meeting in October 2012.

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd has introduced a series of new on-water training courses for offshore surveyors and survey engineers following the launch of its own chartered vessel, True North.

As part of the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies AMSA holds regular training sessions with response team leaders around Australia. The latest training was held in Devonport, Tasmania.

Progress is acknowledged but issues remain to be resolved The European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) on 23 April2014 presented the EU Member States with an overall assessment of the Philippine maritimeeducation, training and certification system. This assessment was based on the inspection reports ofthe European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the follow-up measures that the Philippineauthorities have put in place to address deficiencies identified.According to the report, it appears that the Philippine authorities have made appreciated efforts tobring their system in line with the requirements of the International Convention on Standards ofTraining, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). The efforts were supported by severalEU Member States which provided technical assistance to the Philippine authorities.However, there are still concerns and the Philippine authorities need to demonstrate that the auditplans in place are actually being carried out and that they have all the necessary technical qualifiedhuman resources to monitor the numerous maritime education and training institutions operating inthe Philippines.The EU has requested the Philippine authorities to provide by end of July 2014 the necessaryevidence to demonstrate that all outstanding deficiencies have been resolved and that they havefully implemented the requirements of the STCW convention. Failure to resolve ...

Thome Ship Managements has been recognised by the worlds ship owners and brokers after it was awarded the BIMCO Education & Training Award at a ceremony held at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai.

A series of awards for outstanding performance on the international media stage has now recognised the effectiveness of Videotel's multimedia training

Transas Marine and City of Glasgow College signed a contract to supply a simulation complex

Deep Water Handling, new training programme from Videotel, examines the situations ships face in deep water and advises how best to address them