Wishful Thinking From Across the Pond

Posted to Global Maritime Analysis with Joseph Keefe (by Joseph Keefe) on August 6, 2014

Just last month, the Secretary General of the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) opined that the sixth negotiations round of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) should include concessions from the American side on maritime transportation issues.

2 Training ships to provide sea time for cadets

Posted to 2 Training ships to provide sea time for cadets (by Joseph Fonseca) on March 26, 2014

Shortage of on-board training slot has placed both maritime training academies and the administration in a state of predicament. Unable to provide the required sea time for the many cadets who graduate from the Nautical Sciences, Marine Engineering…

Bibby Maritime upscale training in India

Posted to Bibby Maritime upscale training in India (by Joseph Fonseca) on February 3, 2014

Despite the recessionary phase in shipping, training institutes in India known for their unflinching dedication to quality education have done better than most establishments in other sectors of the maritime trade. Even recent entrant such as Sir Derek Bibby Maritime Training Center…

Blues continue for troubled China Cosco

Posted to Far East Maritime (by Greg Knowler) on November 13, 2013

Don’t leave town, police told an executive director at China Cosco Holdings last week. Okay, they probably never said that, but it doesn’t change the fact that Xu Minjie is under investigation in what is widely believed to be part of Beijing’s crackdown on widespread corruption.

Do You Evaluate Your Maritime Training? You Should. Here's Why, and How.

Posted to Maritime Training Issues with Murray Goldberg (by Murray Goldberg) on August 27, 2012

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Seafaring a career of opportunities

Posted to Seafaring a career of opportunities (by Joseph Fonseca) on April 5, 2010

In keeping with the “Go To Sea” campaign of the International Maritime Organisation for promoting seafaring, the Indian administration as part of the National Maritime Day celebrations held seminars at different metros of India on 1 April 2010 on the theme “Seafaring, a career of opportunities”.