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E-learning and the maritime industry is taking off. American Public University is advancing e-learning with university de- grees and certificates. APU partners, such as MEBA Calhoun, focus on e-learning for mariners. Whether you seek to con- tinue your career at sea or work in the strategic logistics divisions of maritime focused organizations, consider supple- menting your professional credentials with a degree from American Public Uni- versity. Online learning enables you to work in your profession while you go to school. Mariners travel the world but your classroom is only a click away when you have Internet access. APU offers more than 100 online bachelor’s, master’s and certificate programs, including trans- portation and logistics management, business administration, information technology management and more. APU offers flexible course planning, experi- enced faculty and the ability to transfer credit for approved courses.

Classes start monthly. Visit www.study- atapu.com/tlm for more information or attend a virtual open house.

New Navigation Training Center

Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit opened a new ship navi- gation training center in Char- lottesville, Va., to provide a wide range of navigation courses, including com- puter-controlled classroom training and a full ship’s bridge simulator, giving students hands-on training under real- istic scenarios.

Bodin Maritime School’s

New Engine Room Simulator

Kongsberg Maritime's Simulation divi- sion signed a contract with Bodin Mar- itime School for an upgrade of its existing engine room simulator. The existing engine room simulator will be extended to include an addi- tional full mission engine room simu- lator featuring

Kongsberg’s Big View. Bodin Mar- itime School will offer eight unique en- gine simulator models to support a wide selection of courses. The upgrade is set to be functional by August 2011.

Overhaul Energizes Houston Center

SCI’s Houston Center for Maritime

Education’s 10-year-old simulators re- quired updates to remain on the cutting edge of training. According to Eric K.

Larsson, Ph.D., Director of the Insti- tute’s Center for Maritime Education, the major upgrades SCI has made to its

Houston simulators, “supply mariners with sophisticated and adaptable sim- ulation possibilities.” New simulators in Houston incorporate the latest tech- nology, and new geographical data- bases for the area surrounding the Port.

APU: Expanding E-Learning for the Maritime Industry

APU faculty, Profs. Jennifer Batchelor and Irvin Varkonyi, Transportation and

Logistics Management.