Transas Marine GmbH is the first among all German training institutes to receive BSH Flag State approval for its STCW conform ECDIS training. BSH has issued a certificate for Transas with an honorable number BSH-2011-921-001.
ECDIS Training offered by Transas Marine follows the IMO Model Course 1.27 fully compliant to the Manila Amendments to STCW 2010, which will be compulsory for training from 1st of January 2012. This allows Transas to issue STCW 2010 compliant ECDIS training certificates.
After successful formal and on-site BSH audits, Transas ECDIS training course was certified until 2015. In a challenging time of ECDIS mandatory requirements, training becomes of vital importance. The BSH certification is recognition of Transas Marine as a high-level ECDIS training provider according to the latest regulations.
Transas Marine has the biggest ECDIS background in the maritime industry. With the first ECDIS in the world to receive BSH type-approval in 1999, today Transas introduces the most comprehensive ECDIS solutions to the market. Transas Marine runs certified IMO Model Course 1.27 in its premises and through its Global ECDIS Training Network GET-Net around the world.
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World Maritime News Staff, December 14, 2011; Image: Transas