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Training & Education by distance learning and computer- based training.

Upon successful submission of the course work Ship Security Officers receive an official classification society certificate, records that the company can use to indicate compliance with training requirements. Seagull's Ship Security

Course Package allows all crew, includ- ing Ship Security Officers, to be trained onboard in compliance with the US

Coast Guard and ISPS Security Code regulations taking effect in 2004. All training activities can be managed onboard or on shore through the Seagull

Training Administrator.

The full Seagull training course pack- age includes three CBT courses and the

SSO course workbook: Security

Awareness (CBT #115); Ship Security

Officer (CBT #121); Ship Security

Officer Workbook; Automatic

Identification System (CBT #109).

Circle 45 on Reader Service Card

ECDIS Onboard Training

As electronic chart systems fast become the standard for commercial vessels, authorities are soon expected to require mandatory training for ECDIS. similar to the ARPA certification.

Knowledge and skill in using electron- ic chart systems is a safety priority for

ECDIS equipped vessels. Seagull now makes ECDIS training accessible and cost effective through the onboard course package. Previously available only through classroom training, this course package covers all theoretical subjects in the IMO model course 1.27 and successful participants will receive a course certificate of competence.

Seagull's ECDIS Onboard Course

Package provides knowledge, theoreti- cal and practical skills to navigators who use Electronic Navigation Chart systems (ENC) and/or Electronic Chart Display

Systems (ECDIS). The onboard course package includes: (CBT #26) Voyage

Planning; (CBT #50) Satellite naviga- tion GPS; (CBT #64) ECDIS and a workbook of questions and practical exercises relating to 7 different makes of equipment (additional makers to be added shortly). The topics covered are an introduction to ECDIS, chart accura- cy. route planning programming and evaluation and practical use of ECDIS.

To receive a Certificate of

Competence the participants must sub- mit to Seagull the CBT training reports and answers to the practical questions and exercises upon completion of the training.

MMA Restructures

Loeb-Sullivan School

Dr. John Barlow, vice president for academic affairs and academic dean at

Maine Maritime Academy (MMA), announced that the college's Loeb-

Sullivan School of International

Business and Logistics has been restruc- tured.

The Loeb-Sullivan School offers grad- uate and undergraduate degrees in busi- ness. According to Barlow, the restruc- turing is intended primarily for adminis- trative efficiency so as to position the graduate division of the business school as a global leader in its area of expertise.

Accordingly, M.S. degree options of the school have been expanded and the cur- riculum and graduation requirements have been revisited to meet changing industry needs. In conjunction with the change. Barlow announced the appoint- ment of Dr. Shashi Kumar, a long-time faculty member of the school, to the post of associate dean to oversee the new expansion efforts and future develop- ment of the business school.

The Loeb-Sullivan School's new menu of graduate offerings includes Global

Supply Chain Management. Defense

Logistics, International Business, and

Maritime Management. "These new programming options are market driven and are intended to meet the needs of contemporary global business," said

Kumar. "Maine Maritime Academy has always been a specialty college and has remained flexible and responsive to changing technologies and requirements of global business. We've listened to our corporate clients and students in light of the dramatic effects of Sept. 11 on glob- al supply chain management in particu- lar. and offer these new programs in an effort to provide highly-skilled, interna- tional business managers."

Top 20 World Merchant Fleets by Country of Owner

Country No.

Tanker

DWT

Self Propelled Oceangoing Vessels 1,000 Gross Tons and Greater

As of July 1, 2003 (Tonnage in Thousands)

Dry Bulk Full Container

No. DWT No. DWT

Otfier

No. DWT No.

Total

DWT 1 Greece 780 61,995 1,329 74,967 150 5,089 650 6,687 2,909 148,738 2 Japan 768 37,137 855 51,726 215 7,221 837 7,801 2,675 103,886 3 Norway 479 33,361 179 11,078 18 534 473 6,430 1,149 51,403 4 UnitedStates 417 33,271 114 6,010 83 2,850 376 4,722 990 46,853 5 China 316 7,501 595 24,868 218 4,718 949 7,828 2,078 44,915 6 Germany 196 7,388 157 6,710 830 22,575 887 6,207 2,070 42,880 7 HongKong 137 16,042 225 16,612 36 1,287 117 1,732 515 35,673 8 Korea(South) 223 8,242 180 13,157 96 2,290 261 1,541 760 25,230 9 Taiwan 42 3,232 174 11,413 191 6,720 109 850 516 22,215 10 UnitedKingdom 159 7,648 77 6,819 124 5,295 246 2,145 606 21,907 11 Singapore 309 11,662 119 4,981 142 3,044 128 1,113 698 20,800 12 Denmark 149 7,122 22 1,414 130 6,525 226 1,243 527 16,304 13 Russia 386 7,564 116 1,873 32 746 1,109 4,391 1,643 14,574 14 SaudiArabia 77 11,024 1 2 1 68 16 304 95 11,398 15 Italy 227 4,883 54 3,585 12 298 151 2,193 444 10,959 16 India 113 6,340 100 4,076 3 87 50 254 266 10,757 17 Turkey 93 1,318 140 5,349 35 384 272 1,731 540 8,782 18 Iran 35 5,459 44 2,008 7 179 38 682 124 8,329 19 Switzerland 36 1,313 32 1,429 89 3,403 74 888 231 7,033 20 Malaysia 94 2,809 58 2,541 36 784 88 531 276 6,664

All Other Countries 2,286 66,099 1,226 51,009 538 13,272 5,523 32,922 9,573 163,302

Total 7,322 341,409 5,797 301,628 2,986 87,369 12,580 92,195 28,685 822,601

Based on parent company nationality.

Other = Roll-on/Roll-off, passenger, breakbulk ships, partial containerships, refrigerated cargo, barge carriers, and specialized cargo ships.

Source: U.S. Maritime Administration (www.marad.dot.gov)

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