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EMPA Report: Peter Wylie
I have represented the UK as Director on the EMPA board since their General Meeting in May last year. Read the rest of this entry »
ECDIS Training: M405
MIN 405
The publication of MIN 405 which details the MCA’s requirements for ECDIS training for Masters and Deck Officers of UK flagged vessels has raised questions as to the training requirements for UK pilots. Consequently the UKMPA have sought clarification from the MCA. Read the rest of this entry »
ECDIS training: The Generic course
Your editor getting to grips with ECDIS!
The majority of nautical colleges are now offering generic ECDIS courses and most manufacturers run type specific courses although these latter courses don’t comply with IMO requirements. Read the rest of this entry »
Azipilot Update April 2011
On 24th February STC hosted an Azipilot workshop/conference at their premises in Rotterdam.
This was the latest in a series of meetings held by the 15 partners of the Azipilot project, to improve awareness of Azimuthing Control Devices (ACDs) and their growing use in some sectors of shipping, particularly on cruise ships. Read the rest of this entry »
STCW REVISION CONFERENCE Manila : July 2010
The ECDIS Revolotion conference last November ( see page 11) included a comprehensive review of the Manila STCW Conference. Read the rest of this entry »
Britain’s Largest Crane Passes Under The Forth Road Bridge
The UK’s largest crane passed under the famous Forth bridges in Scotland on the morning of 3rd March 2011, following a 14,000 nautical mile voyage via the Cape of Good Hope, bound for Rosyth Dockyard in Fife. Read the rest of this entry »
ECDIS: The Challenge for Pilots by Kevin Vallance
The inaugural Electronic Chart Display & Information System Revolution (ECDIS) Conference was held in London on November 24th & “25th at the South Kensington Forum Hotel, London.
My attendance at the conference was sponsored by Trinity House, London who asked me to give a presentation about the “Current standards and experiences witnessed” on vessels that I have piloted. Read the rest of this entry »
Certificate of Competency (CoC) For Pilots Peter Wylie ( Tees)
Work towards a national qualification for pilots has recently resumed and John Pearn and I attended a meeting at Port Skills and Safety (PSS) in January this year to restart the project. Read the rest of this entry »
20th IMPA Congress Report
15th – 19th November 2010
Don Cockrill: IMPA representative
“...a Gala Dinner held in the 21st century Gothic splendour of St John’s Cathedral..”
Photo: Adorn photography (Brisbane)
“If you are not at the table, you will be on the menu…” Read the rest of this entry »
EMPA Report Winter 2010
I will start this brief report on the latest goings on within EMPA with a “thank you” to all those who sent pilot ladder reports during the survey week of 19th to 25th September this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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