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During MSC 90 Head of Azerbaijan State Sea Administration Gudret Gurbanov has participated in 90th session of Maritime Safety Committee of International Maritime Organization (IMO), which completed in London yesterday.The State Sea Administration reports that the session involved discussion of issues of raising maritime safety, new standards of sea vessels construction, issues of work of Long Range detection system and Ship monitoring (LRIT), control of the state flag, radio communication, accomplished search system and sea rescue, navigation safety, fire protection, application of International Convention on training sailors and granting diplomas to them. At that Azerbaijan presented national report on bringing its system in compliance with the convention by which it was approved.Source: ABC.AZ

Strategic objectives for the merchant fleet and seafarer employment and training Nautilus is urging UK government ministers to come up with a detailed maritime policy document, setting out clear strategic objectives for the merchant fleet and seafarer employment and training.The Union's call comes after business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk told a meeting in London that when he took up his post he had been shocked to find there was no industrial strategy for the maritime sector.In a letter to Mr Prisk and shipping minister Mike Penning, Nautilus says it is supportive of the Marine Industries Leadership Council initiative to boost British maritime by developing greater dialogue between the sector and government departments and setting targets for growth.But, general secretary Mark Dickinson warns, 'there continues to be a lack of coherent approach to the maritime sector from the various government departments that have interests in the area' - with many examples in recent years in which measures to support the shipping industry had been undermined by conflicting actions taken by different departments.In particular, he adds, there has been no defined shipping policy since the previous government's Charting A New Course document, published in 1998, which contained 33 'action points' to ...

SCI's online course offerings Beginning May 2012, The Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) will enter into partnership with Consolidated Digital Publishing Inc. (CDP) to provide e-learning resources for companies and employees in the maritime industry. SCI's online course offerings build on more than a century of the Institute's legacy of continuing maritime education, adding effective, proven tactics in online learning to help maritime industry employees prevent injuries and accidents at work.SCI's new e-learning opportunities give access to training that helps employees meet industry requirements with clear, traceable certification and increase quality, safety, health and environmental awareness. The web-based courses make issues of distance and scheduling, which render some traditional classroom scenarios impractical, a thing of the past. The online courses supplement SCI's more conventional offerings in Paducah, KY and Houston, TX, offering training 24 hours a day, seven days a week.SCI's e-learning partner, CDP, has spent a quarter of a century in non-traditional learning schemes developing stand-alone and web-based training products. Troy Hackworth, President of CDP, develops peer-reviewed course modules, directly consulting with field educators to ensure the accuracy and relevance of information and training. "We look at actual things that go into the job," says Hackworth, "so students come away ...

Focus on maritime training and education under a single agency, called Marina A single super agency will now be overseeing the improvements and reforms in the maritime industry of the country through a recent executive order signed by President Benigno Aquino III to avoid a European Union ban on Filipino seafarers.The said executive order is considered as a major step in the on-going investigation and assessment of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) which inspected local schools in 2010 and sent an unfavourable report to the European Commission.The Executive Order places all affairs concerning administration of maritime training and education in the Philippines under a single agency that will be known as Marina. This agency will now be responsible in overseeing the training, education and certification activities of the Department of Labor, the Technical Education Skills Development Authority, and the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), of which Marina is currently part and headed by its current Secretary Mar Roxas."This is a welcome and well overdue change not only for Filipino seafarers but for crewing agencies as well... One of the problems is that there are so many competing agencies. Putting it all under one umbrella is going to make ...

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The National Maritime Polytechnic underscores the importance of training The basic safety training course is being underscored by the National Maritime Polytechnic in Eastern Visayas for those planning to seek employment in a ship.Presca Lee Lugo, NMP officer-in-charge/executive director, stressed that basic safety training course should be taken as it is a requirement for employment in a ship regardless if it is a cargo or cruise ship.Employment in cargo ship includes seafarers, and for cruise ships are the waiters, bartenders, crew and performers.Lugo added that maritime instructors and assessors also undergo the course training at the NMP since it is required by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Technical Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Maritime Training Council.It was learned that NMP also conducts off-site training for maritime instructors and assessors which explains the increase of enrollees at the maritime polytechnic. Presently, NMP has an off-site training in Tagbiliran, Bohol for maritime instructors and in Makati for simulator instructors.Even a seaman who decides to teach in maritime schools or maritime training centers is still required to undergo training as CHED, TESDA and MTC will not allow nor grant a teaching permit without undergoing the training course.Lugo also disclosed that ...

Superior simulator training Superior Energy Services of Houston, Texas, has taken delivery of a new maritime training simulator from Kongsberg Maritime which will be used to provide integrated, real-time training for Superior's offshore marine personnel at its new facility in Anchorage, Alaska.Under the terms of the contract Superior Energy Marine Technical Services has been supplied with a full mission trainer in support of critical operations including ship bridge manoeuvring and navigation, anchor handling, ROV operations and crane operations.The simulator features two full offshore service vessel bridges, with 360 degree field of view, an offshore crane simulator, a DeepWorks ROV simulator, and a separate Process Simulator, for operator training and control system checkout."At Superior Energy Services, we believe in ensuring our people are as prepared and properly trained as possible. It makes sense from a safety perspective, from an environmental perspective and from a business perspective - it is simply the right thing to do," said Captain Scott Powell."Partnering with Kongsberg Maritime provided a depth of engineering capability that allowed us to mirror a physical model-based simulation solution. This is the closest we can come to creating realistic scenarios without facing these circumstances first hand.""Our people will be the best prepared ...

Accident prevention: dealing with the human factor Accident investigation is a painstaking and often painful process and, more often than not, the outcome is a raft of new policies and measures to avoid reoccurrence. Yet, if well thought out and established company procedures are followed in the first place, tragic consequences can be avoided.In response to the renewed focus on training in this area Videotel has launched a new training series, Leadership and Team Working Skills, which takes as its foundation the importance of good resource management and how it can be achieved."With continuing improvements in technology, human factors feature more and more frequently in the causal chain," explains Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel Marine International. "Forty years ago, the average cargo ship was manned by 40-50 crew - nowadays, even on VLCCs, we are seeing crews numbering in the low twenties. Individuals are required to operate ever more efficiently adding further pressure on board. This series addresses many of the key issues defined by the STCW and SOLAS conventions, which provide a framework for safe and effective working practices."Produced in conjunction with The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd Leadership and Team Working Skills is aimed at all sea-going ...

Training course organised by the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has developed a specific training course.This course aims to look in a holistic manner at the key components of a strategic plan and to answer the priority questions.These questions encompass the key issues, legal aspects, technical solutions, mitigating risks and preparing the business case.The entry into force of MARPOL Annex VI has created a significant amount of new regulation covering emissions to air from ships. In particular regulation 14 requires reductions in SOx emissions by prescribing fuel sulphur limits."As Annex VI allows alternative methods to achieve equivalent results, we are also likely to see the widespread adoption of exhaust gas after-treatment technology as a means of compliance," EGCSA said.The implications for shipowners of the forthcoming sulphur limits reductions are significant. In particular, fuel availability, the storage of multiple fuel grades on board ship and fuel cost may have terminal consequences for some ship operators.It is critical that shipowners develop their strategic plans today, in order to meet the impending compliance requirements in 2015 and 2020. But developing such strategic plans is not without difficulty, the EGCSA said.The course will be presented by experts ...

25 new ECDIS training systems Kelvin Hughes has supplied Singapore's largest maritime training institution, the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA), with 25 new ECDIS training systems in combination with Chartco's Passage Manager in a breakthrough contract. Kelvin Hughes has supplied 25 MantaDigital ECDIS Training Systems with Chartco's Passage Manager to the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA), the country's main maritime training institution and one of only three training centres approved for generic ECDIS training by the Singapore Maritime Port Authority.SMA recently updated its facilities, opening a new training laboratory at the end of August last year. "We are committed to ensuring that our simulators are always updated, so that our graduates always meet the exacting standards of IMO and industry," says Captain Gopala Krishnan, SMA's Senior Manager, SMART Center and Maritime Simulation Division. Kelvin Hughes has provided the SMA with a competitively priced and flexible system that meets all the academy's requirements," says Lawrence Lai, Kelvin Hughes Area Sales Manager, Singapore. "This is a prestigious order for Kelvin Hughes, as it is the first time that the company has supplied systems to Singapore's key maritime academy."He added that the SMA wanted a 'student-proof' ECDIS that wouldn't allow access to the main operating ...