Maritime cadet charts course to next high seas adventure
Lounging back in a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and jandals, Tobias Forsyth can already see himself dressed in a smart white uniform, on the deck of the world’s newest luxury ocean liner, the Queen Victoria, as she embarks on her maiden voyage.
New Zealand Maritime School opens doors to schools to board QE2 and QM2
The chronic shortage of navigation officers and marine engineers across the globe means well-qualified New Zealand maritime cadets stand the chance of top career placements within the industry, according to Tim Wilson, director New Zealand Maritime School.
NZ Maritime School addresses knowledge gaps in shipping industry
The influx of newcomers to the shipping industry – thanks to recent mergers and takeovers – means the need for best practice is more important than ever as New Zealand companies face further consolidation.
Maritime School students get onboard with giant cruise vessel operator
Students from the New Zealand Maritime School in Auckland could one day be captaining some of the world’s largest passenger ships, following a commitment from giant cruise vessel operator Princess Cruises to provide scholarships to top students of the School on an ongoing basis.
NZ facing a crippling shortage
of maritime personnel
Sky-high costs and increasingly dangerous ports will be commonplace in New Zealand if nothing is done to address the looming shortage in maritime and seafaring personnel.
Maritime School celebrates its shipping,
freight and logistics classes of 2004
The New Zealand Maritime School last week held its first ever formal graduation ceremony in its 80 year history with a ceremony for those graduating from the school’s Shipping, Freight and Logistics programmes.
NZ Maritime School welcomes new teacher
The New Zealand Maritime School is pleased to announce the appointment of Allyson Wood as Customs lecturer in its Freight and Logistics programmes.
Tasman Orient Line recognises top students
Tasman Orient Line has recognised the achievements of three of the top students of the New Zealand Maritime School’s Diploma in Shipping and Freight course, awarding them prizes and scholarships.
PFL recognizes top students
Pacific Forum Line has recognized the achievement of three of the top students studying the New Zealand Maritime School’s Diploma in Shipping and Freight, awarding them scholarships to assist them with their tuition fees.
Captaining your own ship (PDF 858KB)
The three-year Diploma in Nautical Science
programme run by the New Zealand Maritime
School in Auckland is the only dedicated full-time
officer training programme in New Zealand that
prepares graduates for employment in the
seagoing sector of the international shipping
industry.
Top Maritime students awarded industry prizes
Two top graduates of the New Zealand Maritime School in Auckland received clear directions for their future with the award of special prizes from industry supporters this week.
NZ Maritime School appoints former student as lecturer
Rachel Boyle has been appointed lecturer at the New Zealand Maritime School teaching subjects in the logistics, freight and seafaring programmes.
NZ Maritime School appoints simulator expert
Mark Gooderham has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the New Zealand Maritime School in downtown Auckland.
NZ
Maritime School moves to meet demand for logistics and transport
courses
Demand
for skilled management-level employees within the logistics
and transport industry has led the New Zealand Maritime School
to introduce full time graduate training programmes at its downtown
Auckland campus this year.
NZ Maritime School secures prestigious overseas audit contract
The New Zealand Maritime School in Auckland will soon be setting
the benchmarks for maritime standards in the South Pacific, after
winning a tender to review and audit the Secretariat of the Pacific
Community's (SPC) regional maritime legal and training programme.
School's
freight students in demand
Many training
courses have a drop out rate, often caused by students changing
their minds about their career choice or deciding that they
have other priorities.
But students
dropping out of the New Zealand Maritime School's shipping and
freight forwarding programmes mostly have a different reason
- they are being offered jobs before they have even completed
their studies
PFL
Awards top students
The achievements
of three New Zealand Maritime students were recognised by Pacific
Forum Line recently, as part of the shipping line's support
of the training offered by the school.
NZ
Maritime School strengthens its german connections
A group
of 16 students from the Elsfleth and Leer Maritime Colleges
in Germany have arrived at the New Zealand Maritime School in
Auckland to study for 15 weeks.
FESCo
backs skilled maritime industry
In recognition
of a shortage of skilled people entering the maritime and logistics
industry, FESCo Lines New Zealand has announced an annual sponsorship
of a New Zealand Maritime School student to assist with fees
and work experience.
New
Zealand Maritime School wins millions in overseas contracts
The New
Zealand Maritime School, part of the Manukau Institute of Technology
in Auckland, has won over $2 million in overseas training contracts
for 2003, beating some of the world's leading maritime training
organizations competing for the work.
