Port State Control statistics only one part of the total vetting picture for marine vessels. Combining this stovepiped data with a myriad of other variables is easier than you think. Choosing the right tonnage, for the right reason(s), is also more important than you think.

Recently published by the IMO Secretariat as an STW43 paper on their IMO documents site, this version of the course (ECDIS Model Course 1.27 / 2010 edition) is meant for distribution provided it is unaltered in any way. The document should be regarded as immediately relevant to ECDIS training course development and approval processes.

U.S. Coast Guard reaches out to training providers to help identify and rectify gaps in curriculums in advance of the 2010 Manila Amendments implementation, scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2012. Can you afford to miss this one?

Mass. Maritime’s 168th Commencement Exercise is both a study in demographics and transition. The real story is what looms next for the nation’s oldest continuously operating maritime academy.

Your Maritime World; by the numbers: Piracy, Port Calls, & more…