(mgn.com)
INTERTANKO says it has agree a mutual cooperation with the UK’s Warsash Maritime Academy on the Tanker Officer Training Standards (TOTS) project.
In a statement the tanker owners’ association says: “Intertanko’s Human Element in Shipping Committee (HEiSC) is striving for the widest possible recognition of the crucial human element aspects of running ships. It is working with the Association’s Vetting Committee on the Tanker Officer Training Standards (TOTS) project which is planned to be ready by the end of this year.
Intertanko says that TOTS is about setting verifiable standards for ships’ officers. It says it has recognised the problems in complying with some of the existing officer matrix systems, particularly those concerning time in rank. It has therefore embarked upon Tanker Officer Training Standards (TOTS) aimed at assisting members with compliance.
Warsash has agreed to use its knowledge and resources in the development of this project, and in particular in the process of verification of the simulator aspects of TOTS. It pioneered the use of bridge, engine and cargo control room simulators for higher level training, and its manned model ship handling training facility is the only one in the United Kingdom – and one of very few in the world.
Another of the “very few in the world” is PORT REVEL in France, the inventor of the manned model concept.