Reprints from the 1983 Tide Tables and Current Tables now available in print format

At the request of one of our clients, we have made the Reprints from the 1983 Tide Tables and Current Tables used by the US Coast Guard for Deck Officer Licensing Examination available in printed format for training purposes only. They are perfect bound in 8.5 by 11 Format on white paper.

We still have these tables available in PDF  format for free in members only area.

Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Pub 229 Now available in printed format !

At the request of one of our clients, we have made the Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Volumes 1 through 6 available in printed format. They are perfect bound in 8.5 by 11 Format on white paper.

We still have the volumes in PDF  format for free in members only area.

Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Pub 229, Volume 2, 15° to 30°  inclusive is the appropriate volume for student’s preparing for USCG Terrestrial and Upon Oceans Endorsement examinations.

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International Job Site Announcement

Mr. Santosh of Maritime Contractors sent the following email to us that may be of interest to some of our mariners.

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Hello Gentleman,

I work for http://maritime-connector.com/ and part of it’s online promotion we are working on contacting people like you to take advantage of the offerings the site provide. All services for job seekers are completely free and with maritime-connector full cv you are just click of the mouse away from new job.

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NEVA 2013 International shipping, shipbuilding, and offshore energy exhibition, 24-27 September 2013

Link to NEVA website

Dear Colleague,

For over 20 years since 1991 the NEVA International Exhibitions and conferences have successfully promoted the massive redevelopment of the Russian commercial maritime industries.

The great success of the NEVA Exhibition was based on the effective presentation of the most modern technologies and equipment available to meet the large-scale demands of the Russian commercial maritime industries and administrations to develop the urgently required renewal of the shipbuilding, shipyard, ship equipment industries, the sea and inland waterways shipping fleets, the marine support sector for the offshore energy expansion and for the ports systems throughout the Russian Federation.

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our invitation to the 10th Jubilee International Conference on “Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation” TransNav 2013, Prof. Adam Weintrit

TransNav - International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Dear Colleague,

We would like to kindly remind you about our invitation to the 10th Jubilee International Conference on “Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation” TransNav 2013 organised jointly by the Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University and The Nautical Institute from 19 to 21 June 2013 in Gdynia, Poland.
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Deck and Stability Workbook Revised 17 October 2012

The Deck and Stability Workbook has been revised to reflect changes in the US Coast Guard newly released data base, adding 42 new pages to the Stability section of the workbook.

We have developed this series of training manuals to assist the Merchant Mariner in passing the U.S. Coast Guard Licensing Examinations, from Master 500 GT to 2nd Mate Unlimited Upon Oceans.

These manuals have been developed to augment our current textbooks for Mariners and are modular in design incorporating practical exercises and actual U.S. Coast Guard examination questions with all questions worked-out.

 

The Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Exam Questions for down-load

The Coast Guard has posted the merchant mariner exam questions on their web site as on 09-20-2012, however, associated illustrations have not been included at this time.  The Coast Guard is reviewing the legal issues associated with copyright laws regarding the publishing of 3rd party illustrations.  Once that review is completed the Coast Guard will make a decision regarding the legality of posting the illustrations.

Available for down load in PDF format:

Deck General

 Deck Safety and Environmental  Protection

 Chart Problems

 General Navigation

 Rules of the Road

Terrestrial Navigation Workbook Revised 13 October 2012

The Chapter 1 of the Terrestrial Navigation Workbook, Tidal currents and Tides calculations has been revised to reflect the new questions add as part of the US Coast Guards newly released data base. New questions were added to the data base for Tides, Tidal Currents, Duration of Slack, Rotary Currents, Wind Driven Currents and Combination Currents. All added questions are worked-out. Continue reading

1st International Conference of Black Sea Association of Maritime Institutions (BSAMI) – “BSAMI 2013”

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to take part in the 1st International Conference of Black Sea Association of Maritime Institutions (BSAMI) – “BSAMI 2013” to be held from 25 to 27 June 2013 at Admiral Ushakov State Maritime University (Novorossiysk, Russia).
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