EVA MONTES GIJÓN.Martes, 11 junio 2013, 03:42
José Antonio Madiedo quería celebrarlo adecuadamente, pero no le dejaron. Las circunstancias económicas, y la escasa inclinación del actual director de la Escuela Superior de Marina Civil por los festejos, impidieron al capitan gijonés rememorar en su justa medida los 25 años de su hijo político más querido. Aquel 10 de junio de 1988, cuando, imbuido de la autoridad que le confería ser director general de la Marina Mercante, fue protagonista de excepción de la puesta en marcha del primer edificio
As former developer of naval simulation games, VSTEP started building maritime simulators in 2011 – at first only for maritime navigation, but later also for inland navigation. The simulators have been used by shipping companies, maritime training centres and schools all over the world. Starting this year, the Shipping and Transport College Rotterdam will be training
Netherlands-based simulator specialist VSTEP has launched a portable simulator that can be used outside of simulator centres or classrooms.
The Portable Simulator uses VSTEP’s Nautis operating system and is a haptic simulator equipped with radar, ECDIS, outside view, conning panel and azimuth controls or conventional controls. It has three foldable screens that can be set to suitable positions and configured to show three outside views or outside, radar and ECDIS views. It can be supplied with a maximum of three controls, consisting of azimuth, thruster or rudder (all combinations possible) and a trackball.
The main screen is a 34 inch ultrawide display and the two side screens have a 15 inch display. There is also a 15 inch touchscreen for the Conning
La Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, del Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana (Mitma) ha emitido una resolución ampliando la vigencia de los certificados de suficiencia de los capítulos V y VI del anexo del Convenio STCW (Convenio internacional sobre normas de formación, titulación y guardia para la gente de mar) debido a que la oferta de cursos de formación, necesarios para la revalidación, sigue siendo menor a la demanda por la situación provocada por la pandemia y porque la lista de espera
Swedish Club has launched a new online training programme, aimed at delivering proactive loss prevention services directly to its members and their crews wherever they are in the world. Loss Prevention Training – Online will enable seafarers and those onshore to benefit from the Club’s skills training, despite the restrictions of the current pandemic, by providing training resources that can be delivered at the most convenient and efficient time for course