By Gregory M. Walsh Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle has developed a training program incorporating what it said is the only full-scale marine simulation program in the United States developed exclusively for tugboat operators. PMI's marine simulation theater, designed as…
A trained eye made a big difference in mid-June when a fire broke out in the engine room of the ferryboat Massachusetts in Boston Harbor shortly after the ferry left its dock at Rowes Wharf. Alerted by an alarm, Capt.…
24 July 2007; Newport, RI: Itabo Pilots from the Dominican Republic attended a customized shiphandling course from June 19 to 21. The course was designed around major ship maneuvering evolutions: traffic situations, arrival/departure, anchoring, and maneuvering in channels. The Pilots…
Suez LNG, Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots (MM&P) have reached an agreement to recruit, train, and supply U.S citizen mariners for service on the LNG tankers owned or chartered by Suez LNG. Suez…
New training programs are being created to meet the chronic shortage of qualified individuals for the tug and towing industry and to help unlicensed mariners become officers. On the West Coast, Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI) has created a two-year, full-time…
Capt. Christopher Johnson, a ship pilot, was guiding the 952-foot Carnival Conquest up the Mississippi River in fog that limited visibility to less than half a mile. His radar showed that he was coming up on a tug and its…
