Christopher Kozub and Renee Haider to Contribute Their Expertise in Transportation Security, Safety, Research, and Training.

Northcentral University announces that it has been selected by the United States Coast Guard to participate in a new Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership Program.

Training solutions to reduce physical, environmental and financial risk for seafarers and shore-based shipping personnel

Lockheed Martin , the Australian College of Kuwait and the National Offset Company announce the premiere of a state-of-the-art Maritime Simulation and Training Facility at the ACK campus

BMT Seatech has been commissioned by Peel Ports (Clydeport) to install PC Rembrandt at their Greenock offices in Inverclyde, Scotland.

The Shanghai-based institute is expected to produce 200 graduates over five years.

In response to the ongoing threat from terrorism to the maritime industry, and as acts of piracy increase, world-leading counter-terrorism consultancy HMS Ltd and renowned maritime recruitment and publishing organization Shiptalk Ltd have collaborated to provide a series of comprehensive shipboard security search and access control security guides.

The International Maritime Organization and the World Maritime University have announced the appointment of a new President to head the University.

The first in the series of Shiptalk Security Guides by Steven Jones.

INTERTANKO launches the Tanker Officer Training Standards (TOTS) initiative.

Smart Approach expands its product range with the introduction of a new computer based training product for security checkpoint staff called Smart Object.

The Netherlands Maritime University (NMU), a new department of the STC-Group received final approval from the accreditation organisation NVAO to start the new Master Shipping and Transport education program.

Wise Media announces the creation of the Transportation Security Forum, a global symposium focusing on the security issues faced today by a strategic, essential and vulnerable industry of every country: transportation.

Outgoing chairman of American Association of Average Adjusters laments declining ranks of seafarers and surveyors.

TransMarkets Technologies and Chattanooga State announce the establishment of InCab University, the first and only accredited college education program specifically designed to allow truck drivers to continue their education while driving.

Class society pledges support for Qatar’s Maritime Center plans.

The Nautical Institute launches a guide to the shipping industry on how to guard against security threats and how to mitigate the commercial risks posed by the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. the latest book in their prodigious catalogue of maritime publications.<

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Transportation Security Directory - First Edition to their offering.

New Age Security Solutions (NASS) has completed Behavior Pattern Recognition (BPR(TM)) training for a selected group of Miami-Dade Police Department officers assigned to the Miami International Airport police district.

Candyce Kelshall of TASK International files a special report on SMI’s Maritime Security conference , which took place in London on 22-23 February.

More companies are becoming C-TPAT-compliant and the number will grow, especially outside the United States, according to Barry Wilkins of Pinkerton, who manages C-TPAT training courses for ICSC members and others.

Lloyd’s Register,the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have collaborated to set up two professorships at NUS, worth a total of S$9 million.

The Smeal College of Business at Penn State University is teaming with IBM to open the new Supply Chain Laboratory, which is being relocated to Smeal’s new Business Building on the University Park campus.

The international conference on responses to maritime security threats such as terrorism and piracy will have one of the US Coast Guard’s two regional commanders speaking on the new challenges of the US maritime security agencies.