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New European Maritime Skills Forum to tackle skills gap

New European Maritime Skills Forum to tackle skills gap

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 28, 2025 | Digitalisation, Energy transition, Maritime education/training/careers, News

The digital and green transition require new skills from seafarers. At the same time, there is a shortage of maritime professionals and limited mobility between land and on-board positions. The European Maritime Skills Forum, a joint initiative of ECSA and ETF, seeks...
Lloyd’s Register acquires Ocean Technologies Group

Lloyd’s Register acquires Ocean Technologies Group

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 26, 2024 | Digitalisation, Energy transition, Maritime education/training/careers, News

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has completed the acquisition of Ocean Technologies Group (OTG), a provider of human capital management and operational software for the maritime industry. LR bought the company from European private equity firm Oakley Capital. It follows the...
‘Seafarer training needs overhaul for decarbonisation’

‘Seafarer training needs overhaul for decarbonisation’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 14, 2024 | Energy transition, Marine fuels, Maritime education/training/careers, News, Seafarers, Shipping

A comprehensive overhaul of seafarer training is required as the industry transitions to zero and near-zero GHG emission fuels. This follows from over 500 considerations from cross-sector consultations that took place during a series of risk assessment workshops, led...
UK university develops VR for enclosed space training

UK university develops VR for enclosed space training

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 30, 2024 | Digitalisation, Maritime education/training/careers, News, Shipping

Safety experts from Solent University/Southampton’s Warsash Maritime School, are collaborating with the Centre for Factories of the Future (C4FF) to create Virtual Reality (VR) maritime safety training. The project focuses on enclosed space simulation. Aimed at...
New maritime company school in Schiedam

New maritime company school in Schiedam

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 28, 2024 | Maritime education/training/careers, News

Damen Shipyards, Huisman, Wärtsilä Marine and STC want to jointly open a company school in Schiedam at the Damen Shiprepair site. This cooperation will not only train STC students, but also provide employees of the participating companies with additional training on...
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