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Pilot organisations around the world, including Peel Ports Medway in the UK and Kiel Canal Pilots in Germany, are investing in the latest version of a new marine manoeuvring simulator.

Marine electronics designer and manufacturer Simrad will be showing its innovative Simrad Broadband 4G Radar to the workboat sector for the first time at Seawork 2012.

The ' Normand Seven' , which has been voted ‘ Ship of 2007’ in Norway, is fitted with 17 SOLASOLV products supplied by South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine.

A £ 360,000 upgrade to the Marine Simulation Centre (MSC) at South Tyneside College will include enhanced tug handling simulation, four secondary navigation bridges fitted with 50 inch plasma screens, and new…

For Rotterdam based EMO, the largest transshipment terminal for coal and iron ore in Western Europe, VSTEP has created a crane simulator for preparation and training of their future and current EMO…

Associated British Ports (ABP) is launching a new marine apprenticeship training scheme at its Humber ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull, and Goole.

SMIT and URS have been training their tug masters in the Netherlands and Belgium with MARIN Mermaid simulators since 2008.

PC Maritime’s new Navmaster ECDIS type specific training DVD is now available,believed to be the first stand alone type specific training CD Rom.

Composite Manufacturing (CML) and Brockenhurst College have completed the first run of City and Guilds accredited five day hand laminating courses held at their facilities in Marchwood, Southampton UK.

The growth in passenger traffic on the Thames in London has brought increased employment opportunities for skilled crew members and many boat operators are actively recruiting staff.