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receiving more attention than the move toward an increasing level of autonomous operations. Differences in data collection, decision support, bridge manning levels, and human involvement in navigation will all greatly impact the need for and the type of training required. This trend has already begun to impact operations and the need for training. If the automobile industry is any predictor of how quickly this might move, then it is incumbent upon mari- time training professionals to consider the emerging needs deeply and without delay.

The 2019 MarTID survey will enable this process with data upon which decisions can be made and will explore the perspec- tives of vessel operators/managers, mari- time administrators, maritime training ex- perts and seafarers.

As was the case in 2018, the 2019 sur- vey will be followed by a series of pub- licly-available reports, broadly published.

These reports will provide both high-level and deep-dive information covering both broad trends as well as deep coverage of the 2019 special topic. We believe that these reports will grow to be a highly an- ticipated source of information, this year, and beyond.

Your Opinion Matters

Although this initiative has been founded and run by the three partner organizations, it requires community involvement to suc- ceed. You will be hearing more about the 2019 MarTID survey in the coming weeks and months, but right now, we need your help. Specifcally: • If you w ork at a vessel operator/ manager or maritime training facility,

The respondents from the frst annual MARTID please mak e your senior training admin- report hail from all over the globe.

istrator aw are of this important survey by sharing this article with them.

• If you are a senior training admin- istrator of a vessel operator/manager or training facility, a maritime administra- We believe that the annual collection hope that the survey data and its analyses tor, or a seafarer, we need you to complete and analyses of training data will help the will become an important and authorita- a surv ey on behalf of your organization. global maritime community gain insights tive source of knowledge for the global

Please send your contact information to that can lead to enhanced policy-setting, maritime community. Therefore, we thank [email protected] and we will reach out decision-making, benchmarking and oper- you in advance for contributing to this im- to you early in November once the 2019 ational optimization by industry operators portant body of knowledge.

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