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Cal Maritime

Awarded $1 Million

Grant

The California Maritime Academy (Cal

Maritime), a campus of The California

State University, has received a three- year, $1 million grant from the Governor's

Office of Homeland Security.

The money will be used to guide the development and implementation of statewide standards for maritime security training, drills, and exercises for vessels, port facilities, harbors, maritime compa- nies, and other organizations involved in moving freight to and from our nation's harbors.

USCG Certifies

ENS Training

Course

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its Electronic Chart Dis- play and Information System (ECDIS) training center has been granted a five- year recertification from the U.S. Coast

Guard.

The 40-hour ECDIS course is offered at

Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine facil- ity in Charlottesville, Va., and includes classroom instruction, individual hands- on training on ECDIS simulator worksta- tions and team training on Sperry

Marine's complete ship-bridge simulator.

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Maritime Security

Courses Set for Seattle

Beginning July 1, 2005, Seattle Mar- itime Academy (SMA) will offer courses in Maritime Security, specifically

CSO/VSO and FSO. • Company Security Officer

CSO/VSO (3 days). This course is intend- ed to provide the knowledge required for personnel to conduct the duties of a Com- pany Security Officer (CSO) in accor- dance with the requirements of the Mar- itime Transportation Security Act of 2002,

Chapter XI-2 of SOLAS 74 as amended, the IMO ISPS Code, and relevant U.S.

Coast Guard regulations. Vessel Security Officer

CSO/VSO (3 days) This course is intend- ed to provide the knowledge required for personnel to conduct the duties of a Vessel

Security Officer (VSO) in accordance with the requirements of the Maritime

Transportation Security Act of 2002,

Chapter XI-2 of SOLAS 74 as amended, the IMO ISPS Code, and relevant U.S.

Coast Guard regulations. Combined with

CSO course listed above. Facility Security Officer (FSO) (3 days) This course is intended to provide the knowledge required for per- sonnel to conduct the duties of a Facility

Security Officer (FSO) in accordance with the requirements of the Maritime Trans- portation Security Act of 2002, Chapter

XI-2 of SOLAS 74 as amended, the IMO

ISPS Code, and relevant U.S. Coast

Guard regulations.

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