Shipping
ProSea provides the IMO model course marine environmental awareness to maritime academies (students and teachers) and shipping companies. ProSea has developed this model course and has been providing marine awareness courses to the shipping industry since 1999 (see history).
Model Course Marine Environmental Awareness
Introduction In 2011, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) accepted the model course ‘Marine Environmental Awareness’ submitted by the Dutch government and developed by ProSea. As a result, knowledge of the effects of shipping on the marine environment, and awareness of the personal role of seafarers in the prevention of pollution will become a structural and [...]
» read moreTeachers maritime academies
ProSea provides ‘train the trainer‘ programs to teachers of maritime academies worldwide that wish to learn how to teach the model course marine environmental awareness. In this course, teachers are provided with background articles and powerpoint lectures of the complete model course learn how to use and develop interactive workshops in which the students can [...]
» read moreComputer Based Training (CBT)
In cooperation with Seagull, Prosea has developed computer based training (CBT) programmes about marine environmental awareness: – CBT 219 (finished and available): basic marine environmental awareness training (for ratings) – CBT 277 (in progress – due August 2013): environmental challenges (for officers) – CBT 278 (in progress – due August 2013): sustainable shipping (for officers) [...]
» read moreSustainable shipping
Shipping is the lynchpin of the global economy and society. Over 90% of the world’s trade is carried by sea. Given that the bulk of this trade consists of commodities such as grain and oil, the IMO concludes that, without shipping, half the world would starve and the other half would freeze. Shipping is one [...]
» read moreStudents maritime academies
ProSea can provide two types of courses to students at maritime academies worldwide: the 12 hour IMO Model Course Marine Environmental Awareness the ‘Model Course plus’: a more elaborate programme tailored to the wishes of the school (for example with excursions and speakers from the maritime industry) Running from the 2007/08 school year until the [...]
» read moreShipping companies / maritime businesses
ProSea provides two types of courses to (international) shipping companies and other maritime buisinesses (including ports): the 12 hour IMO Model Course Marine Environmental Awareness a marine awareness programme tailored to specific company wishes 1. ProSea provides marine awareness courses to, for instance, the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (Kuwait) and Eletson (Greece). The courses are [...]
» read moreHistory of ProSea shipping courses
Since the original marine awareness course in 1999, fifty-three (53) Dutch marine awareness courses have been held. These courses have been provided for both HBO and MBO levels (Dutch higher education levels) for ten shipping academies. Thirty-three (33) of the courses were HBO level and twenty courses were MBO level. The Dutch Ministry of Transportation [...]
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