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MarTID

Maritime Training Insights Database 2018 Training Practices Report

In 2017 World Maritime University (Malmö, Sweden), Marine Learning Systems (Vancouver, BC,

Canada) & New Wave Media (New York, NY, USA), publishers of Maritime Reporter & Engineering

News, signed a Memorandum of Understanding as partners for a new initiative to help study global mari- time training practices. MarTID (the Maritime Training Insights Database) is a non-commercial initiative to provide objective, comprehensive data on how maritime manages and conducts training for shipboard competencies and the effects of drivers, such as technology, on this training. Key ? ndings and insights from the report are featured on the ensuing pages, while readers can download the full report at: https://magazines.marinelink.com/NWM/Others/MarTID2018/

MARTID: MARITIME TRAINING INSIGHTS DATABASE 2018 TRAINING PRACTICES REPORT

To lead things off we have invited our two hard-working partners, the driving forces behind the creation and execution of this inaugural survey, to share their unique insights on the importance of this survey: Dr.

Michael Ekow Manuel, Associate Professor/Nippon Foundation Chair, Head of Maritime Education &

Training (MET) Specialization, World Maritime University; and Murray Goldberg, Chief Executive Of- ? cer, Marine Learning Systems.

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