Maritime Education On The Upswing
The pressures - political, financial and environmental -to ensure onboard personnel are skillfully trained at operating increasingly complex vessels is tremendous. Simply stated, vessel owners and operators must employ increasingly advanced training courses - both system- and vessel-specific - as well as general courses, in order to avoid costly accidents and litigation. In just the past few years, mariners have proven these courses work, as the amount of oil spilled into the sea has decreased dramatically. According to the USCG, in 1990, tankbarges moved 72 billion gallons of oil, spilling 992,000 gallons, or one-one millionth of a percent.
Transas Marine Launches TRANSERV
Transas Marine USA has launched a new simulator service and development program, “TRANSERV”, with a comprehensive upgrade and support package provided to Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Delgado Community College become the first major marine training school in the USA to join the TRANSERV program. The Delgado full mission ship simulator has been fully upgraded with the very latest Navi-Trainer Professional 4000 simulation software and now boasts the latest Transas industry leading visualisation capabilities, as well as newly installed training tools for inland towboat and barge operations. As part of their ongoing marine program development…
