TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced an agreement with India's Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education & Training (MANET) *‚P to establish the MOL Training Center (MANET-India). The agreement, signed on September 21, is aimed at recruiting and training seafarers in India, which is one of MOL's key suppliers for its seagoing work force.
[Profile of training center]
| Name: |
MOL Training Center (MANET-India) |
| Location: |
On the MANET campus in Pune (Maharashtra State, India) |
| Main training facilities: |
Full-mission ship's bridge simulator*2, operational diesel engine, refrigeration
equipment, compressors, welding equipment, lathe |
| Training course: |
BRM, Ship handling simulation, diesel engine overhaul and maintenance,
welding, lathe machine operation, engine practical skill training with
Full-mission ship's bridge simulator and other actual machinery and equipment |
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[Backgrounds and objectives]
The MOL Group Corporate Principles state: "We will promote and protect
our environment by maintaining strict, safe operation and navigation standards."
Toward this end, MOL has opened training centers in Japan, the Philippines,
India, Montenegro, Indonesia, and Russia, and works to recruit and train
top-quality seafarers who are indispensable for safe operation.
In India, the MOL's in-house manning company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Maritimes
(India) Private Limited, allocates about 500 Indian seafarers to 70 MOL-operated
vessels. MOL plans to assign Indian seafarers to more vessels in the future.
Since 2001, MOL has operated the MOL Training Center (India) to provide
shore-based training to complement on-the-job training in cooperation with
the International Maritime Training Center (IMTC). The new training center,
MOL Training Center (MANET-India), will further strengthen recruitment
of Indian seafarers and improve the educational structure through a tie-up
with the existing MOL Training Center (India) to meet the increased demand
for seafarer training associated with fleet expansion.
| *1: Outline of Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education & Training (MANET) |
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It was established as a maritime school in 2001, and is located in the
city of Pune in Maharashtra State (about 200km southeast of Mumbai). The
site totals about 100 acres. Currently the school has only an engineering
department (four levels, 120 students in each), but is now applying to
the Indian government to open a navigation department, and plans to start
recruiting students in 2007. |
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| *2: Ship's bridge simulator |
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The simulator features a primary bridge with a 360o horizontal field of vision and a secondary bridge with a 120o horizontal field of vision on super-size cylindrical screens. This simulator is capable of performing more realistic training such as interactive ship handling simulation between two vessels and ship stability simulation. |
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