This document provides summaries of continuing education opportunities from various maritime training institutions: 1) Bourbon emphasizes safety training through its 13 training centers located near regions it operates. Over 800 employees received safety training in 2010. 2) DuBounds Learning is preparing online training courses for Electronic Power Design on topics like leadership. 3) Compass Courses in Washington offers basic safety training and certificates, recently training crews from Crowley Marine Services. 4) The Workboat Academy offers a hybrid two-year mate licensing program through academic and hands-on training phases with partner companies.

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different Horses for
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a
new era in maritime training has evolved due to advances
in graphics, simulation training and personal computers,
which allow for the online training of students anywhere in
the world. But while the world has become smaller, the mari-
time industry is still separated by oceans and continents and ship
operations still require a high level of skill sets. the international
Maritime organization (iMo) and coast guards around the world
have put strong demands on mariners because accidents have
horrific consequences. Marex reached out to some of the better-
known training institutions as well as some niche trainers to find
out what’s new and hot in the world of maritime education.

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“See, do, talk, tranSfer”
BourBon emphasizes Imagine being a new engineer sitting in the engine room of a
Safety training large commercial vessel in front of a huge traction motor. You
went to a technical class at the manufacturer’s facility to learn
the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the gulf of Mexico is
how to change the brushes, but this motor isn’t exactly like the
48 still on the minds of many oil majors, super-majors and leading
one you trained on. So you look at your scribbled notes and
state-owned oil companies. BouRBon, a provider of offshore
realize they’re a little messy. Well, not to worry because you’ve
oil and gas marine services worldwide, counts its blessings that
got the DuBounds Learning kit is in your backpack and all you
it launched a global safety policy and training program seven have to do is slip the disk into your laptop and click on “changing
years ago. motor brushes.” Now it comes back to you. Piece of cake. You’re
“Safety has always been a priority for us,” said Christa done in no time.
Roqueblave, Vice President of Communications for “Today we’re developing a series of courses for Electronic Pow-
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BouRBon. “Being client-oriented, we defined a demanding er Design (EPD), a global power control systems company,” says
safety standard focusing on new oil Companies international Crockett Dubose, Chief Operating Officer at DuBounds Learning.
Marine Forum rules through our own operational Safety “We want people to see things like their training needs, and we
Management system.” want them to be able to do things with the training and talk about
BouRBon’s 13 training centers, located close to the it, and then they’ll have a better chance to transfer that knowledge.
regions where the company recruits or operates, train
It’s an easy formula of ‘See, Do, Talk, and Transfer.”
experienced and newly recruited employees to BouRBon
DuBounds Learning is preparing about ten courses for EPD
standards. the centers, all equipped with a simulator, are as
as well as a learning management system to monitor and measure
follows:
all key metrics of the training. EPD is a large global company with
• Marseilles and singapore: anchor handling operations
employees around the world, and it is essential for management
for oil platforms (AHtS vessels) and supplying
to know who has been trained, how well they have been trained,
operations (PSV);
and that they’ve met EPD’s standards for training. Consequently,
• China: technical training technology and equipment
a training “dashboard” is being constructed so the management
installed on new series of diesel-electric ships, like the
team can monitor all the training requirements of the company.
Bourbon Liberty;
Dubose says his company is working on a very exciting leader-
• France (Marseilles), Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon,
ship program for EPD because every organization is lacking in
gabon, Brazil, Indonesia and Angola: Eight centers
some form of leadership. “Many times people are thrust into that
dedicated to piloting waterjet-propulsion crewboats;
position, but very few have actually been trained in how to be a
• Italy (Ravenna): for piloting RoV (Remote operated
Vehicle) operations within the subsea; leader,” he said. “We’re attempting to do it. Now that’s exciting.”
• Manila: training center for Dynamic Positioning (DP),
delivering international certifications. To learn more, contact Crockett Dubose at crockett@debounds.
today, as a result of the program, BouRBon is exceeding com or visit www.dubounds.com.
annual safety goals and enjoying rapidly declining incident
rates. “All companies have to be proactive,” Roqueblave “We Want You to return SafelY”
said. During 2010, more than 800 of the company’s 8,350 Julie Keim founded Compass Courses over ten years ago and
employees received safety training. moved the school to Edmonds, Washington about six months after
BouRBon has a fleet of 408 modern, powerful and multi- she opened in Seattle. Compass is a lower-level licensing school
purpose vessels with some 88 vessels on order or under because it offers basic safety training, which requires no sea time.
construction. The Northwest is a hotbed for towboats, tugboats and fishing
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trained two captains from the television
show, “Deadliest Catch.” Keim said it
was a fun week working with Captains
Jake Andersen, F/V Northwestern and El-
liott Neese from the F/V Ramblin’ Rose,
who is the youngest captain in the Bering
Sea. Compass also trained crews from
Crowley Marine Services recently.
The school offers a wide variety
of training options and all classroom
instruction is done on site, except that
firefighting courses are held at the Wash-
ington State Fire Training Academy. The
Coast Guard recently issued require-
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ments that all able-bodied seamen have
proficiency in survival craft, and that was
a game changer for Compass because
that is the school’s core business. Keim
says a lot of people come to Compass
to get a USCG certificate, and while her
company is not a job placement center,
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she can guide them because she knows
the maritime community and the compa-
nies very well. She also points out that
it’s tough to get younger people to join
the industry because of the old “salty
dog” image. “I guide people and am
really honest with them,” she said. “It’s a
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tough economy, and I try to help people
get back on their feet. So we provide
basic safety training so people can apply
for a job at any company.”
To learn more, contact Julie Keim at
Julie@compasscourses.com or visit www.
compasscourses.com.
Workboat academy –
the Work/Study Way
The Workboat Academy offers a two
year hybrid vocational program to-
wards a license of Mate 500 GRT
Oceans/1600 GRT Near Coastal. The
Program is offered at the Maritime
Institute for Technology and Graduate
Studies in Linthicum Heights, Maryland
and the Pacific Maritime Institute in
Seattle, Washington.
A relatively young program, the
academic phases and seaphases are
interactive. The curriculum is designed
to foster greater retention of the mate-
rial. The cadet learns the material first in
the classroom, which is later reinforced
in the simulator. The cadet then ships
out and learns the same material ‘the
company way’ and is assessed by of-
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Training Record Book. The four academic phases are followed by assess the results of the APRO test but to understand the ethical
4 seaphases, totaling 26 weeks at school and 360 days at sea. guidelines as well.”
The Workboat Academy, since its inception in 2006, has Since launching the online version in March, Seagull has
teamed up with 26 Partner Companies, which are an impor- experienced a significant level of demand for the new tool. “The
tant part of the success of the program. The companies remain feedback from the market has been very positive,” notes Jakobsen.
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involved as advisors to the Workboat Academy. “We have a very “Companies are realizing it is a huge advantage to be able to sit
good relationship with our Partner Companies”, said Pro- in one location and set a test for someone in another part of the
gram Manager Marja van Pietersom. “And we are proud of the world.”
Academy’s retention rate. Over 90% of the cadets stay with the
company they apprenticed with. What sets us apart is that we are To find out more, contact the company at seagull@sgull.com or
not just offering courses, but address all aspects of becoming a visit www.seagull.no.
deck officer.”
ProfeSSional training in
To find out more about the Workboat Mate program, contact ShiPboard Security
Marja van Pietersom at Marja@workboatacademy.com or visit One of the hottest issues in the world today is shipboard security,
www.workboatacademy.com and Castle Shipboard Security of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has
been on the cutting edge for many years. The company is owned
“Safety through Knowledge” by Jeffery and Glenna Kuhlman. Jeffery Kuhlman’s background
Horten, Norway-based Seagull is a provider of computer-based includes combat time in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps,
training systems for seafarers with offices around the world. and Glenna Kuhlman is both a mariner and an educator.
Founded in 1996 by experienced mariners, it has grown into a “If you have to defend your ship, that’s a battle you cannot
dynamic company in partnership with some of the leading ship- lose,” says Kuhlman. “Our program provides classes on anti-
ping companies in the world, delivering a full range of assessment piracy, counter-terrorism, civil unrest and civil threat training
and management tools that ensure meeting and exceeding STCW to maritime professionals.” Castle’s primary training site is at
and IMO standards. The company’s programs have been used by nearby Nova Southeastern University, but it also trains at a
over 7,000 ships and offices. number of other venues including onboard a vessel. Many of the
APRO (Ability Profiling) is a psychometric assessment instructors are merchant mariners with command experience and
program used as a support tool during recruitment of junior backgrounds in education and/or tactical applications. These
seafarers and the screening of students for maritime studies. It instructors are provided by Sig Sauer Academy, which works very
was developed together with the Norwegian Marine Technology closely with Castle. The company also has a working relationship
Research Institute and supported by the University of Oslo, DNV, with Nova’s Center for Bioterrorism.
and the shipping industry. Seagull’s Training Content Director,
Captain Bjarke Jakobsen, said, “We developed the course from For more information, contact Jeffery or Glenna Kuhlman at
scratch and now have made it compulsory for users of the system info@castleshipboardsecurityprogram.com or visit www.castleship-
to attend a one-day seminar. The seminar is not just about how to boardsecurityprogram.com.

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the asian-european connection
The College of Engineering of Nanyang Technical University (NTU) in Singapore
and the Norwegian School of Management (BI) have joined forces to create higher
education degrees for the maritime industry. NTU launched the Bachelor of Science
in Maritime Studies program in July 2004. It focuses primarily on tertiary education
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in shipping, business, management, and maritime science and technology and has
helped establish Singapore as a center of excellence for maritime studies. A compan-
ion program is the Bachelor of Science in Maritime Studies with a Business major.
The NTU-BI partnership also offers a global NTU-BI Executive MBA Program in Delivering more
Shipping, Offshore and Finance. “The program is profession-oriented and designed
to give participants an understanding of the key drivers, management challenges miles for your fleet
and strategies in the shipping and offshore industries,” said Louis Low, Director of
Admissions and Marketing for NTU. “Norway and Singapore have deeply rooted
maritime sectors and expertise. Both countries are also located in important shipping
More miles through efficient
lanes and play host to a rich gamut of companies servicing the sector. Hence it is ship management
natural that they offer an Executive MBA that leverages off this expertise.” GL ShipManager
To find out more, visit www.ntu.edu.sg.
More miles between repairs
Legacy of exceLLence through 3-D hull modelling
“GMATS is affiliated with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), but we GL HullManager
are our own school,” explained Hilary Flanagan, Operations Manager for the Global
Maritime and Transportation School. “We are a full-service educator, which means More miles per fuel-tonne
you don’t have to come to Kings Point because we have portable courses which can
through optimised trim
be delivered offsite at any location. Another feature is the customization of pro-
grams to meet the training needs of our customers.” Flanagan said the continuing ECO-Assistant
education component of USMMA has been around since the 1960s, and the school
changed its name to GMATS in 1999.
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GMATS is divided into four divisions: nautical sciences and military training,
marine engineering, transportation logistics and management, and research and spe-
cial projects. In recent years the school has formed partnership programs with other
training facilities and maritime academies. Its philosophy is that partnerships are good
because there is only so much business out there. “Maritime training is not a multi-
million dollar business. Building alliances and partnerships is about helping mariners
attain their goals and strengthening the industry as a whole,” Flanagan said.

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When asked about the new Coast Guard
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regulations concerning the “hawse pipe” train-
ing requirements for STCW endorsement on
ships of 500/1600 GT and Third Mate licens-
es, she noted, “We found that it really doesn’t
affect us much because the crew advancement
program GMATS runs qualifies for two-thirds
of their sea time. Consequently, it will have no general effect on a tradition of Leadership
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the program other than offering mariners a ‘hawse pipe alterna- “Maine Maritime Academy’s School of Continuing Education
tive’ to the same license with two to three days of sea credit.” is a public institution, and our mission is to offer our resources
to the general public and our alumni,” says Victoria Blackwood,
To learn more, contact Hilary Flanagan at Hilary.Flanagan@ Coordinator of Continuing Education. Our format is based on
gmats.usmma.edu or visit www.gmats.usmma.edu. Coast Guard-approved STCW courses. We also have courses in
tune with what’s going on in the industry.”
MMA was offering anti-piracy courses even before there was
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a Maritime Transportation Security Act. Today, the academy’s
third-year students take security courses on their annual training
cruise, and Blackwood’s Continuing Education Department has
partnered with Maritime Security Network to deliver the Com-
pany Security Officer, Vessel Security Officer, and Anti-Piracy
Defense training courses.
The school has a 25-room living space for students taking
“Cost Estimating classes on campus and, while not the Ritz, Blackwood says at-
Services & Software” tendees have private beds and baths as well as wireless Internet.
The school partners with the Marine Emergency Management
• ESTI-MATE, a relational database Association to provide programs on command strategies and
system providing full cataloguing of tactics for marine emergencies and maritime security for military
cost libraries & easy-to-use features for and first responders. “I believe as a public institution we have an
developing new construction and ship obligation to work with our first responders,” says Blackwood.
repair estimates, commercial & military “The school also partners with companies that deliver courses
around the world. We don’t send our students to these countries,
• Parametric Cost Models generate design but we certify the courses delivered. We’re like the extra quality
& construction 3-digit level estimates for stamp on their programs.”
various ship types: monohull, catamaran,
& trimaran; RO-CON-PAX, Product To find out more about more, contact Victoria Blackwood at victo-
Carriers, Bulkers, Barges, plus ria.blackwood@mma.edu or visit www.mainemaritime.edu.
non-combatants & combatant vessels;
life cycle & commercial RFRs. The system continues to evolve, and MarEx would like to
acknowledge that all these schools provide many more courses
than described here and each is different in terms of delivery and
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