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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21 May

Calhoon MEBA to host 2nd Annual International Maritime eLearning Symposium

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The 2nd Annual International Maritime eLearning Symposium will be hosted at the campus of the Calhoon MEBA Engineering School in Easton, MD. The Conference begins on July 20th with half and full-day workshops, followed on July 21st and 22nd by the Symposium Keynote, Presentations and Exhibits, and will conclude with our special Keynote Speaker at a getaway Breakfast Buffet on…
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04 May

Cal Maritime Training Ship GOLDEN BEAR Departs for Asia

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(Vallejo, CA - XX, 2010)… Nearly 260 cadets from The California Maritime Academy set sail Monday morning on the first of two two-month training voyages to Asia aboard the Academy's 500-foot training vessel, Golden Bear. The Golden Bear is operated and maintained by the students under the supervision of about four-dozen faculty and staff. This year's voyage began Sunday with…
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13 Apr

Coast Guard Credential Testing Hosted at Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy

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Virginia Beach, VA -- United States Coast Guard testing will be hosted at Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) in Virginia Beach on June 7-11, 2010. All mariners who are pre-approved to test by the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center are welcome to register. Mariners can avoid long travels to Regional Exam Centers out of state and gain the potential edge of…
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24 Mar

Nautical Institute works to enhance mariner safety, professionalism around the world

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David Patraiko, the Nautical Institute’s director of projects, outside the group’s headquarters in a former elementary school in London. The Nautical Institute is a kind of self-help organization created by mariners for mariners and dedicated to safety and professional development. “Our entire ethos is about improving safety and commercial efficiency through education and professional development,†said David Patraiko, the Nautical…
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