Warsash Maritime School News

Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat business, has donated a bridge simulator, a system of hardware and screens that allows students to familiarise themselves with realistic weather, traffic, and ocean conditions, to Warsash Maritime School, part of Solent University in Southampton, United Kingdom. Bridge simulator The simulator, which was previously located at Inmarsat’s former headquarters on City Road, London, will allow students to rehearse their responses to distress situations in a realisti...

Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime industries, is announcing the appointment of colleagues from across the sector to its Diversity in Maritime Taskforce following the success of Maritime UK Week 2022 (10-16 October). The task force, which oversees the Diversity in Maritime programme, was launched in May 2020, in response to the government’s flagship Maritime 2050 strategy. The programme is focused on ensuring that the future maritime workforce across the shipping, ports, se...