Working at sea requires more than technical skills or experience, with the high-risk nature of maritime environments, every crew member must be equipped with standardized safety knowledge and ...

Major revisions to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (the STCW Convention), and its associated Code, are set to be adopted at a ...

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) late Thursday told the Philippines to enhance its efforts to comply with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers ...

The chairman of House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs has called on government agencies to comply with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for ...

Girik Maritime Academy in Mumbai, a leading provider of maritime training and certification, is proud to shed light on the five essential certificates required under the International convention on ...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has pledged its support for the accreditation of professional courses offered by the Nigerian Navy as well as facilitating the ...

From 2013 to 2018, during my yearly research visits, which lasted anywhere from three weeks to six months, and most recently in July 2022, I lived in dormitories with both seafarers and aspiring ones ...

ONE complex issue in the implementation of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) is the divergence of stakeholders' perspectives.

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is revamping five maritime training course packages to “sustain the production of high quality and competent Filipino seafarers through maritime education and ...

Nigerian seafarers, who have been facing the challenge of certificate verification when seeking jobs abroad, now have cause to smile. The Nigerian government has decided to establish a web-based ...