MSC – Take Command of Your Career! MSC regularly hosts job fairs for those interested in maritime careers. MSC encourages people from a variety of backgrounds such as veterans, civilian mariners, maritime school graduates and more to attend and learn more about a rewarding maritime career with Military Sealift Command. …
Tonight is the night! OUPV (Six Pack) & 100 Tons Masters Licensing Course
Tonight is the night! Are you or someone you know ready to get a OUPV & 100 Tons Masters Captains License? Tonight the Northwest Maritime Academy & the US Maritime Academy are holding a free “In-Person” & “On-Line” orientation on getting your training certification to obtain your OUPV (Six-Pack) through …
What Questions to Ask During a Medical Emergency or When Providing First Aid?
If you are currently certified in First Aid, CPR/AED, and have a fully stocked first aid kit; we applaud you! Okay, you have the cert, the gear, and your ready to roll like “Johnny” Gage and Roy DeSoto (share this post if you remember the reference). My guess is that if …
Coast Guard releases 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics report
Shows highest number of fatalities on record in the last five years WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that boating fatalities nationwide that year totaled 701, the highest number of yearly boating fatalities on record in the last five years. From 2015 …
Vessel Safety, Security & Response to Hostile Actors
“Active Shooter” Multi -Agency Response Exercise on Washington Sate Ferry. By Captain Thomas E. Bliss Tuesday, May 23rd, I had the extreme privilege and pleasure to participate in a joint Active Shooter training exercise aboard the very new Washington State Ferry Chimacum, untrodden by passengers, still with that new boat smell. …
Protecting ships, people and the polar environment
IMO Launches Polar Code Informational Video Onboard the Ocean Diamond expedition ship, eco-tourists gaze at the breath-taking beauty of the Antarctic landscape. This is the chance to encounter some unique wildlife, and marvel at the sheer majesty of the glaciers and the icebergs. For them, it is the trip of …
Fatal Accidents Fuel Scrutiny of Lifeboat Drills, Systems
May 2, 2017 11:43 AM BY WILL VAN DORP : PROFESSIONAL MARINER The number of injuries and fatalities during lifeboat drills in recent years point to training and equipment shortcomings that have raised concerns across the maritime industry, undermining the confidence of seafarers whose lives and careers hang in the balance. …
Are lifeboats really killing seafarers?
Lifeboat Training, Get it right the First Time Because Mariners have been trained how to launch and recover a lifeboat in their compulsory STCW courses a certain level of proficiency is implied. It is a reasonable assumption of the master of a seagoing ship that the new crew member is …
All Boaters Need to be Whale Wise
By Kerrie Andrist Clos | April 28, 2017 | By now you have probably seen the news and social media coverage of the pleasure boat that hit a gray whale near Whidbey Island on Sunday morning. Capt. Thomas Bliss, director of the Northwest Maritime Academy at Gig Harbor Marina & …
Alaska Cruise Provider “The Boat Company” Wraps up CPR-AED and First Aid Training
The Northwest Maritime Academy’s Captain Thomas Bliss wrapped up two full days of CPR/AED and First Aid training with “The Boat Company” crews of the MV Mist Cove & MV Liseron in preparation for their 2017 season. The Boat Company is very proactive when it comes to ensuring passenger comfort and safety, …