10 Apr

Cooks need training just like any other on-board position

Professional Mariner StaffA Mariner's Notebook, Licensing & Training
My first job in high school was at a local restaurant. To work there I needed a doctor’s note stating that I didn’t have any communicable diseases; then I had to take a food safety course and pass a written test before getting my “food worker’s card†issued by the county department of health. Initially I washed dishes, but after…
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21 Feb

Canadian Companies Continue Training Tradition

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
Newport, RI, (20 February 2008) - For more than 25 years, Canadian officers have travelled to MarineSafety International's Newport Simulator Center to attend training.  Seaway Marine Transport held a Piloting Course for four students there during the week of February 11th to 15th, 2008. The attendees (pictured below, left to right) were:  Mike Sinderly (Algoma), Ryan Knee (Algoma), Ed Lynch…
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15 Feb

Voith Schneider Turbo Propulsion Navigation Simulator Installed

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training, Maritime News
Simulation of Vessels with Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP)(Press Release from Voith)The demands on the maneuverability of vessels are constantly rising. On the one hand, larger and larger amounts of goods are moved within shorter and shorter times on the world's oceans. On the other hand, crew numbers aboard all types of vessels are continuously reduced. As a result, the workload…
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16 Jan

Coast Guard pledges to end delays in license renewals

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training, Maritime News
  The Coast Guard is centralizing licensing processing at its new National Maritime Center in West Virginia. (Photos courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) No license renewal can mean no livelihood for mariners like Capt. Mike Challancin. Challancin, who runs boat tours on Florida's Lake Okeechobee, delivered his license renewal forms to the Coast Guard in early March 2007. When Challancin sat…
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05 Dec

AMSEA releases new film on flooding control

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
(SITKA, AK -- December 4, 2007) Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA), a nonprofit corporation dedicated to developing a cold water safety information and training network, has released a new film on vessel flooding control. The film, titled “Flooding Control: Knowledge & Tools to Prevent Sinking,” was created in response to the fact that fifty percent of the vessels lost…
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26 Nov

Bourbon Offshore inaugurates first training center in Marseilles

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
PARIS, FRANCE -- November 22, 2007, Bourbon Offshore inaugurated its first training center in France in the city of Marseilles. Developed by Offshore Simulator Center (OSC) in Norway, the training center was designed to provide seamen with theoretical knowledge and practical training in anchor handling operations. It will train crews in anchor handling operations under real conditions to ensure acquisition…
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12 Nov

Kongsberg Maritime introduces new system for enhanced simulator training

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
The Neptune Instructor system from Kongsberg Maritime. (KONGSBERG, NORWAY -- November 12, 2007) Kongsberg Maritime, a supplier of maritime simulation systems, has introduced the Neptune Instructor system to enhance the quality of simulation training by providing complete, user-friendly control of student exercises. The system will serve as an improved monitoring, assessment and configuration tool for the Neptune Engine Room and…
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01 Nov

Webb Institute receives $250,000 from Crowley for leadership program

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
Pictured above, left to right: Joe Cuneo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ed Schlueter, who formally presented the award, Nicole Murphy, Marty Johnson's sister, and Robert Olsen, president of Webb. (GLEN COVE, NY -- October 30, 2007) Crowley Maritime Corporation presented a $250,000 check Monday to the Webb Institute, a college of naval architecture and marine engineering in Glen…
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01 Nov

Jeppesen Marine and Russian academy to cooperate on research and training

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training
Pictured above, from left to right: Rector of Academy Mr. Mikheev Valery Leonidovich; Deputy Rector Afanasiev Victor Victorovich; Tor A. Svanes, Managing Director of Jeppesen Norway; and Sergey Gubernatorov, Managing Director of Jeppesen Russia.   (EGERSUND, NORWAY -- October 31, 2007) Jeppesen Marine, a provider of digital navigation charts, has signed an agreement with the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St.…
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