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Northeast Maritime

Northeast Maritime Institute (NMI) is a private, co- educational maritime education and training, and regula- tory analysis and development institution. It offers a range of U.S. Coast Guard and Commonwealth of

Dominica Maritime Administration approved and STCW compliant courses along with a variety of courses for

Professional Development and Upgrades. The Institute has further developed its facilities and equipment to include a state-of-the-art, full bridge simulator, part-task radar simulators and a full-size gravity davit lifeboat. The full bridge simulator provides an advanced training plat- form for training upper level Masters and Mates meeting

STCW training requirements.

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MITAGS to Provide Ship

Modeling to Pilot Groups

The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate

Studies (MITAGS) and the Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI), announced that MITAGS/PMI have been con- tracted to provide ship modeling for three major pilot groups. The Pilots' Association for the Bay and River

Delaware has contracted MITAGS/PMI to develop a hydrodynamic model of the "Stena Vision Class" Very

Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), including a simulated visual database for the entrance of the Delaware River to

Sun Oil Dock near the Philadelphia Shipyards. The model and database are an integrated part of a compre- hensive training program that has been created for all new Delaware Pilots for each class of vessel. The course will also cover advanced control systems, such as Azipod and Kamewa. MITAGS/PMI also completed a full-mis- sion ship simulation study for the Bermuda Govern- ment's Department of Marine and Port Services and

Celebrity Cruise Lines, LLC. The study included advanced modeling of the cruise vessel Century and

Hamilton Harbor, Bermuda.

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MPT Expands

MPT has completed a new expansion at their

S.M.A.R.T. Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The project included the installation and integration of four new nav- igation training stations, an update to their USCG and

MCA approved Radar/ARPA lab, and an update to the

Three Full Mission Bridge Simulators; including the e 325-degree DNV approved Class A Bridge. The installa- tion included Transas series 3000 ECIDS units, Raytheon

DGPS, Sperry BridgeMaster E ARPA units, vessel con- trols, and Transas visual displays. The completed project now allows MPT to run up to seven bridges in an inte- grated scenario, or all 7 independently.

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Training Brought In-House

In late November 2005 the first training center in the world established by Furuno - the Furuno INS Training

Center (INSTC) in Copenhagen, Denmark - received the certificate of approval from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for the ECDIS training course. The course complies with the rules laid out by IMO, the IMO Model Course 1.27.

The approval was granted by close co-operation between

DNV Sea Skill and Furuno, and is in line with DNV's focus on the improving the skills of the crew members.

The INSTC was established in March 2005. Its aim is to educate the crew members onboard vessels equipped with the Furuno navigation and communication equip- ment. During 2005, INSTC has successfully completed 22 training courses for the crew members who mainly operate the Furuno Integrated Navigation System Voy- ager. The training allows the crew members to try out the equipment in a full mission navigation simulator in order to exercise the daily use of the equipment as well as to operate the equipment in awkward situations. The

INSTC offers a five-day ECDIS training course. Trainees obtain a certificate that fulfils the requirements in accor- dance with the IMO Model Course 1.27, reviewed by

DNV. The course provides the trainee with the knowl- edge of ECDIS as a system, the ECDIS operation, elec- tronic chart materials and practical nav by using ECDIS.

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TRAINING & EDUCATION

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Able Seaman

Assistance Towing

Auxiliary Sail

Basic & Advanced Firefighting

Basic Shiphandling & Steering Control Systems

Bridge Resource Management

Celestial

Flashing Light

Launch Operator

Lifeboatman/Proficiency in Survival Craft

Magnetic & Gyro Compass

Master 100/200 Gross Tons

OUPV

Private Tutoring

QMED-Oiler

Radar Observer-Original & Recertification

RFPNW Assessments

Ship Construction & Stability

STCW Basic Safety Training

Terrestrial & Coastal Navigation

Tankerman Familiarization

Northeast Maritime Institute 32 Washington Street

Fairhaven, MA 02719 1-800-767-4025 www.northeastmaritime.com email:[email protected]

Call about our new USCG Licensing/STCW Cert. Process

Northeast Maritime Institute

Now Offering Full-Bridge Simulator Training

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