ECDIS Training Course Now Revised
At the request of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), Interschalt joined the German delegation attending the London meeting of the 43rd Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in May 2012. Serving as a consultant, Interschalt, which is headquartered in Schenefeld, Germany (near Hamburg), made important suggestions and proposals aimed at improving basic training in the area of the ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System). The gerneric ECDIS training is build on the revised ECDIS Model Course 1.27. Since July 1, 2012, an ECDIS has been mandatory on all newly built passenger ships with more than 500 gross tonnage (GT) and newly built tankers with more than 3,000 GT.
Gas As Ship Fuel, GL Forum
Gas as ship fuel was the topic of the March 18 GL First Class Exchange Forum which highlighted GL's approach towards the environmental concerns of the maritime industry. The forum addressed all aspects related to LNG as an alternative ship fuel. Invited speakers presented the LNG supply chain development from a ship owner's and gas terminal operator's view. Regulatory developments at IMO were explained by a representative of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany. Details about a joint industry project on a gas-fuelled container feeder vessel were discussed by representatives of Germanischer Lloyd (GL)…
