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ng Bridge Resources igement, however, have been ect in Washington since 1996. le standards require all sed deck officers to go igh Bridge Team agement Training with lasis on interaction, commu- tions and problem-solving, tional requirements for train- axist in Alaska in the Valdez el Emergency Response Plan, area-specific requirements for and tanker crews operating in

Lee William Sound have been *orth in draft form by the state laska.

We wanted to get in front of issue and stay in front of it," 1 Mike Godbey, Training aager, Crowley Marine vices. "What we have here is rate industry meeting a uirement before the govern- nt imposes it."

The joint ARCO/CMS simulator ining program — which started t fall at the MarineSafety facil- in San Diego — reportedly sat- es all of the above require- ints for training aforementioned ssel crews, including the askan draft-form stipulations d the STCW requirements.

New Team

The teaming of ARCO and CMS c simulator training serves the tai purpose of satisfying regula- ry requirements while reducing rerall training costs for both com- mies. Though it is unusual for a inker company and a tug compa- y to team up for training, it is a igical outgrowth.

Two years ago the Alyeska ipeline Service Co., of which

HCO is a member, and CMS ntered into an alliance for marine esponse equipment and services a Prince William Sound that con- entrated a majority of oil spill esponse equipment located in /aldez under the management of

Crowley. In addition, ARCO has >een a customer of CMS on the iVest Coast for many years.

The philosophical basis for sim- ulator training that would involve the two companies, in collabora- tion with other marine and com- munity partners in all four major

West Coast ports, was discussed in a conversation between Vic

Goldberg, ARCO Marine

Operations vice president, and

Gary Faber, who serves in the same capacity for CMS. It was soon followed up by meetings orga- nized by Frank Lee, ARCO

Marine's director of Fleet

Training, and CMS' Mike

Godbey.

Both ARCO and CMS had had previous experience with simula- tor training facilities; in fact,

ARCO had already completed a

Bridge Team Management pro- gram that began in 1993 and is currently in the refresher phase. "Our focus in our earlier train- ing was also more towards the teamwork side, the communica- tions issues, and changing the cul- ture on the ship from the hierar- chical military-type structure to a more team-based structure for running a ship," said Mr. Lee.

For the joint program, ARCO and CMS chose MarineSafety

International (MSI) to seve as the simulation facility. The manual

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