25 Mar

Maritime Professional Training announces further facility upgrades

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Maritime Professional Training (MPT), a DNV Approved Maritime Training Center and an ISO 9001:2008 Company, has announced that it has committed another $1.5 million USD to further enhance its “Project 2010 & Beyondâ€. This project was envisioned as a means to update a wide range of their courses and enhance the learning experience and cost effectiveness for their students.  …
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16 Mar

RFPEW ASSESSMENT Program at Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy is USCG-Certified

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RFPEW ASSESSMENT Program at Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy is USCG-Certified and Leads to Advancement. It is Not Just Test Preparation. The program addresses competencies required under STCW-95 and satisfies the requirements of NVIC 01-06.   The RFPEW ASSESSMENT program allows students to demonstrate the actual competencies set forth by STCW requirements for Steam and Motor. Students will work with equipment mock-ups,…
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16 Mar

Maritime Textbook Translated into Japanese

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Maritime publisher Nor’easter Press of Eastport, Maine, announces that its textbook Shipboard Bridge Resource Management by Captain Michael R. Adams (ISBN 978-0-9779200-0-6) has been translated into Japanese and published by Seizando-Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese language edition was translated by Captain Akira Hirosawa and was released in Japan in February 2011 (ISBN 978-4-425-42381-1).   First published…
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27 Aug

Cal Maritime receives and installs massive ship propeller display

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(Vallejo, CA — August 26, 2010) Cal Maritime today received and installed a massive 18-ton, 18-foot wide brass ship's propeller which for many years was a landmark of San Francisco's downtown business district. For several decades, the entrance to the San Francisco office building at 100 Spear Street has been graced by an eye-catching display•..a highly-polished brass ship propeller. This…
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12 Aug

Crew of LNG tanker that lost power lacked training in restarting engine manually

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A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier experienced a five-day blackout off Massachusetts in 2008 because of dirty relays that caused a low-water level in the boiler and because of inadequate training of the crew on how to restart power manually, U.S. Coast Guard investigators have determined. Catalunya Spirit lost power from both main generators Feb. 11, 2008, and drifted in…
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22 Jul

UK RECERTIFIES Maritime Protective Services TRAINING COURSES

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Delray Beach, FL, July 1, 2010: Maritime Protective Services announced the recertification for another five years of their leading training courses in the United Kingdom. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has again, reapproved their Ship Security Officer(SSO) and Company Security Officer(CSO) training courses, while the reaccreditation of their Port Facility Security Officer(PFSO) training course has again, been reapproved from…
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06 Jul

A Practical Degree Offers Possible Financial Provision for Training

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Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) partners with Mount West Community & Technical College to offer an Associate degree in Marine Technology. The degree combines general education classes with required courses for AB to Mate, for Chief Mate & Master or for Engine Room Coast Guard endorsements. Students will register for MAMA Coast Guard certified mariner-training classes through MCTC. Its classes will…
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23 Jun

Mid-Atlantic Maritime Offers Associate Degree Combined with USCG Endorsement

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Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) has partnered with Mount West Community & Technical College (MCTC - formerly known as Marshall Community & Technical College) in Huntington, West Virginia to offer an Associate degree of Applied Science in Technical Studies: Maritime Technology. MAMA instructors are adjunct instructors for MCTC, and MAMA class credit hours will be accepted toward the Associate degree.  Those…
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21 May

SNAME Partners to Realize Naval Engineering Education Center (NEEC)

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The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) is proud to announce that a program dedicated to the training of future naval systems engineers will soon be realized. A $3.2 million contract awarded 6 May from the Naval Sea Systems Command, which includes five additional years of optional extensions that could add up to $49.9 million, will establish a…
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