Issue 6 - Education and training
Competent people make the difference
Bulletin Articles
The value of the training ship in the training of seafarers
The 10,124 tonnes deadweight MV YU FENG is an ocean-going cargo vessel for navigation training, teaching and research, run by the Shanghai Mari- time University (SMU). She is mainly sailing in Japan, Korea, Russia and other Southeast countries.
ResourceManaging fatigue
Fatigue has long been a challenge for seafarers and a concern for shipowners as a key contributor to human errors that lead to injury, loss of life and property and marine casualties. As a result, the American P&I Club has taken a proactive approach to articulating the risks of fatigue in a way that is attractive to seafarers of all skill levels and backgrounds through its most recent publication, Preventing Fatigue. This is an easy-to-read and user-friendly publication for sea- farers as a means to familiarise themselves with the risk of fatigue while working aboard ship.
ResourceMaking the difference
Education is the gradual process of acquiring knowledge through learning and instruction. It is as much about the development of personal attributes through upbringing and observation as it is about gaining knowledge through textbooks. It is a lifelong process; we never stop learning, whether through formal education (degree courses, Continuous Professional Development, etc) or through the ‘University of Life’ (observation and experience).
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