Tag: Training

EMSA organised a workshop on 20 and 21 November 2025 dedicated to the development of competences for seafarers working on board ships using alternative fuels and energy systems. This workshop was another key initiative in the continued follow-up to the TRAINALTER study, published by EMSA at the end of 2024. The workshop aimed to stimulate further debate on the subject, including developments at ...

Shipping is one of the safest means of transport, yet thousands of accidents still occur each year and the great majority of these involve human error. The main issues which can have an effect on the potential for human error are education, training and working conditions. Therefore, the better the education and training received by seafarers is, the safer shipping will become. Although many ...