Nautical Institute Singapore Conference 2022 reveals speaker line-up

 

 

The Nautical Institute Singapore Branch announced the confirmed speakers for its annual conference happening on 1 September 2022 at the Suntec City Convention Centre.

Guest of Honour, Ms. Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), will deliver a speech at the conference. Capt André L. LeGoubin MNM MA FNI, President of The Nautical Institute and Mark Cameron, Chief Operating Officer, Ardmore Shipping Corporation will be giving respective keynote addresses.

With the theme, “Navigating Through the Digital Age: Towards a Green Future” delegates will be immersed in presentations and panel discussions that touch on the navigational practices used onboard modern ships and the challenges that will be faced in the future as technology

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The magnetic north pole migration - What a Pilot should know

 

 

 

by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 22 February 2019 -   1926 

 
Since the turn of the millennium 55 km per year

The Arctic magnetic pole does not move anymore. It runs, faster and faster. In recent years, even faster than expected. Therefore, geo-researchers have now had an unscheduled change to their world model and adjust their calculations, so that navigation with compass and other navigation aids such as a Pilot Plug, used by pilots around the world, continue to work.


Regular compass corrections are important

A compass has to be calibrated regularly, because the magnetic field of our Earth, on which the compass is oriented, constantly changes slightly and deviates from place to place. The corrections are especially important for captains and pilots in high latitudes. Elsewhere it does not

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El Gobierno someterá a un examen sobre legislación a los mandos de buques mercantes españoles

El Gobierno someterá a un examen sobre legislación a los mandos de buques mercantes españoles

SOMOS MARREDACCIÓN / LA VOZ


Aprueba un real decreto que regula las titulaciones profesionales y elimina la posibilidad de obtener la acreditación a través del reconocimiento de títulos académicos extranjeros

13 abr 2022 . Actualizado a las 04:47 h.

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El Consejo de Ministros aprobó ayer el real decreto propuesto por el Ministerio de Transportes para regular los títulos profesionales y de competencia de la marina mercante, con el fin de establecer las condiciones esenciales de estos títulos para los miembros de la dotación de los buques civiles españoles.

El texto establece los requisitos generales para la formación y evaluación de los marinos con titulaciones universitarias y de formación profesional, las condiciones generales

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THE NEXT STEP ON THE MARITIME EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ERA OF AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING: A LITERATURE REVIEW

 

 

 

Ok_28_Article_on_MASS___Literature_review_v2_MCS.docx

CRISTINA CAMPOS, PhD Student Department of Nautical Sciences and Engineering, UPC-Barcelona Tech, Spain e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (author for correspondence) Orcid: 000-0002-8322-9040

 

MARCELLA CASTELLS-SANABRA, Associate Professor Department of Nautical Sciences and Engineering, UPC-Barcelona Tech, Spain e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Orcid: 0000-0002-9038-3126

 

ANNA MUJAL-COLILLES, Serra Hunter Lecturer Department of Nautical Sciences and Engineering, UPC-Barcelona Tech, Spain e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Orcid: 0000-0003-0139-3849

 

Keywords MASS, autonomous shipping, Unmanned ship, Maritime Education and Training, MET, STCW

 

Abstract The development of autonomous shipping is

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Alumnos de un instituto de Pontevedra determinarán la posición de un barco en el mar usando sextantes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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PONTEVEDRA CIUDAD

 
Práctica previa de los alumnos del IES Sánchez Cantón de
 
Pontevedra el pasado 25 de marzo en el puerto de Aguete, en Marín IES SÁNCHEZ CANTÓN

La salida de los estudiantes del IES Sánchez Cantón tendrá lugar este viernes desde el puerto de As Corbaceiras

20 abr 2022 . Actualizado a las 14:57 h.

Un grupo de alumnos del IES Sánchez Cantón de Pontevedra van a realizar una práctica en el interior de la ría de Pontevedra para localizar la posición de un barco. La actividad consistirá en medir dos ángulos horizontales y, usando el método de arco capaz, determinar la posición en la que se encuentre el buque, explica el profesor de Matemáticas del centro, Jose Benito Búa Ares.

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