New Gulf Coast marine training center offers comprehensive program
20 Jul

New Gulf Coast marine training center offers comprehensive program

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Training, Publication > Professional Mariner
Gulf Coast ports and the inland river system are home to a host of marine operating companies, supporting offshore oil drilling rigs and production platforms, assisting ships from around the world and providing barge transportation and fleeting. The companies employ thousands of mariners — who are increasingly required to upgrade their licenses and nautical knowledge. Heretofore those mariners have had…
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The Voyage of the Rose City
18 Jul

The Voyage of the Rose City

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Licensing & Training, Publication > Professional Mariner, Tugboats & Towing
The Voyage of the Rose City By John Moynihan 256 pages Spiegel & Grau, 2011 In 1980, between terms at Wesleyan University, 20-year-old John Moynihan insinuated himself aboard an oil tanker as an ordinary seaman. (Moynihan died in 2004 at age 44 from an allergy to acetaminophen; this book was published posthumously through the efforts of his mother.) He had…
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29 Jun

Martek expands BNWAS training to U.S. mariners

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Licensing & Training, Maritime News, Tugboats & Towing
The following is the text of a press release issued by Martek Marine:   (HOUSTON) -- Following on from previous events in the UK, Singapore and Germany, Martek Marine has held another of its Navgard™ BNWAS training days, this time in Houston, USA. The Houston event was hosted by Tim Holt, Martek Marine’s Senior Service Engineer who gave comprehensive practical…
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28 Jun

MITAGS-PMI selected to assist Washington State pilot applicants

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Licensing & Training
Gregg Trunnell, Director of Pacific Maritime Institute announced that MITAGS-PMI, in partnership with Progeny Systems Corporation, was selected by the Washington State Board of Pilotage Commissioners (BPC) to develop simulation exercises as part of a comprehensive examination and assessment of potential candidates to enter the state’s training program.       “Utilizing simulation to assist in the Pilot Candidate selection process,…
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Kakuska: NMC’s sea-time evaluations need improvement
26 Jun

Kakuska: NMC’s sea-time evaluations need improvement

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Licensing & Training
As your ship arrives in port after an extremely lengthy voyage, your thoughts revolve around your family and a well-deserved rest. On a smaller yet very significant scale, you ponder your next merchant mariner credential upgrade. You volunteered for an extended shipboard tour to ensure you possessed sufficient sea service to qualify for that elusive upgrade.  Thoughts of added responsibility…
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Ex-Army Ranger named superintendent at USMMA
25 Jun

Ex-Army Ranger named superintendent at USMMA

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Licensing & Training, Maritime News
The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Maritime Administration: (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today named Colonel (ret.) James Helis, Ph.D., as the new superintendent for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.  Helis, a 30-year Army veteran, will begin work at the Academy next month after spending the past eight years as a…
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