Featured MarEx Print Article: PMI's Workboat Mate (500/1,600 Tons) Program

By The Maritime Executive 2011-01-10 13:28:05

The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) this week sponsored a conference in support of MARITIME and INTERMODAL EDUCATION for PRIMARY and SECONDARY SCHOOLS in AMERICA. The seminar, which took place on April 1-2 at The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) Linthicum, Maryland. The seminar brought together many players in the far reaching effort to attract, train, and retain more mariners to meet today’s needs and those of the future.

The Pacific Maritime Institute’s Workboat Mate (500/1,600 Tons) Program is just of many ideas being brought forth and put into practice. Already yielding dividends for the partner companies that have signed onto the concept, this program is actively addressing the universal and perhaps most serious problem facing today’s employer of maritime professionals. From our January 2007 print edition, this week we bring you an archived article which describes this unique program in detail. Click HERE to read the article.

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