Anne Edmonds News

PC Maritime has announced that its Navmaster ECDIS type-specific training CD Rom is now available. Believed to be the first manufacturer to provide a stand-alone type-specific training CD Rom, PC Maritime has taken the view that the required training should be made as convenient as possible to the customer. As Anne Edmonds, PC Maritime’s Marketing Director, explains: “One Navmaster ECDIS type training CD Rom onboard can be used by any number of ship’s officers, as and when their time permits. Internet access is not required, although we will later add a web-based version for shore use.

With freight rates in the doldrums and many vessels laid up, shipowners worldwide are looking to reduce expenditure. However, mandatory installation of ECDIS is being phased in from 2012 on board newbuildings and from 2014 on board existing ships. Anne Edmonds, PC Maritime’s marketing director says the company is exploring ways in which it can provide its customers with more convenient, cost-effective ways of carrying out the required ECDIS Type Training. “One solution now under development is a CBT (Computer Based Training) program.