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World leading Ship Superintendents Training Course is underway

UKHO Extends Its Global ECDIS Training Campaign

Kongsberg : New Training Course As K-Master Workstation Equipped Vessels Start To Leave Y ards

STCW-F 1995 entered into force on 29 September 2012 The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F 1995) entered into force on 29 September 2012.The STCW-F Convention sets the certification and minimum training requirements for crews of seagoing fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and above. The Convention consists of 15 Articles and an annex containing technical regulations.The STCW-F Convention has been ratified by 15 States: Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Kiribati, Latvia, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Norway, Palau, the Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine, and also by Faroes, Denmark.The entry into force of the STCW-F Convention comes just days before a diplomatic conference, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 11 October, which will consider adopting an Agreement on the implementation of IMO's other instrument relating to fishing vessel safety, the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels.The conference is expected to consider and adopt an agreement on the implementation of the provisions of the 1993 Protocol. The agreement would also amend the technical provisions of the 1993 Protocol, with the aim of bringing them ...

Warsash Maritime Academy Opening New Full Mission Engine Room Simulator

STCW Compliance: When Training Delivers What Technology Cannot

Kongsberg Equips First Offshore Training Center in Mexico

Paul Elgar on ECDIS Training

IMO ECDIS Model Course 1.27 The IMO ECDIS Model Course (1.27) has been revised to ensure that navigators understand ECDIS in the context of navigation and can demonstrate all competencies contained in and implied by STCW 2010. The new publication is entitled Model Course (1.27) 2012 Edition and is now available from the IMOLeading industry organisations wish to bring to the attention of all mariners, ship owners, managers, training providers and Authorities that competency in the use of ECDIS is essential for maritime safety, and following this revision, any Generic ECDIS Courses of less than 40 hours including robust evaluation, will not meet STCW requirements.The industry notes with concern that there are Administrations that are accepting courses that do not meet this IMO Guidance, which could cause ECDIS training compliance issues for seafarers and owners.The industry ECDIS Training Group also notes the conclusion of a recent report by the UK P&I Club (ECDIS - Navigational and Claims issues) that "With traditional damage defences of navigational error, heavy weather and crew negligence now being subjected to additional scrutiny, the ECDIS revolution may be the catalyst which sparks a new cycle in the claims sector and one which may be even more ...

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