The Maritime Centre of Excellence is NSML’s one stop shop for maritime research and training, established to provide world class maritime expertise in Nigeria, West Africa and the world at large. Currently operating from Bonny Island, Rivers state, this internationally accredited training institute is fitted with state-of-the-art simulators and facilities suited to support the professional development of maritime professionals, offering an expanding range of both generic and mandatory maritime courses.
International Accreditation:
The MCOE is fully accredited by DNVGL according to the following standards:
- ISO9001-2015 – Quality Management System
- DNVGL-ST-0029- Maritime Simulator Centre
- DNVGL-ST-0029- Maritime Training Centre
In addition to the existing raft of maritime training courses delivered at the MCOE, we are now licensed by the Nautical Institute to deliver the following Dynamic Positioning Programmes:
- Dynamic Positioning Induction Course
- Dynamic Positioning Simulator Course
- Dynamic Revalidation Induction Course
- Dynamic Vessel Maintenance Revalidation Induction Course
Currently the MCOE is the only institute in West Africa with this accreditation.
Other course accreditations under our belt include:
- Basic Gas Tanker Course
- Dynamic Positioning
- Human Element Leadership & Management
- Electronic Chart Display Information System
- High Voltage Training – Management (HV-M)
- High Voltage Training – Operational (HV-O)
All accredited by the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency, the gold standard for maritime training worldwide
The Seafarers Continuous Development Programme (SCDP):
In addition to maritime courses, the MCOE also offers sea time, consultancy and support for acquiring the seafarers Certificate of Competency (COC) to sail internationally. To date, two hundred and twenty-five (225) cadets have competed sea time training with the MCOE under her flagship Seafarers Continuous Development Program, with fifty-four (54) cadets either at college or currently onboard our vessels on track to getting their Certificates of Competency in conjunction with key partners including NIMASA & The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (Oron).
This is a service we offer both to individuals and to institutional partners that serves as a pathway from the classroom to the sea especially for Nigerian Cadets, further helping to meet the global demand for seafarers with qualified hands and supporting our goal to maintain 85% Nigerianization onboard the vessels NSML manages.
Maritime Research Consultancy:
At the MCOE, we also provide world class maritime intelligence & consultancy for a variety of maritime projects including but not limited to shipbuilding supervision, commercial evaluation for maritime projects and drydocking supervision. We have a proven track record of being a reliable partner from keel laying to vessel delivery, and NSML offers vessel management and crew management as a part of her suite of services to support our customers safely & proficiently throughout their vessel lifecycles.
The Future for Us
With the increasing number of courses and service offerings being explored, at the MCOE we continue to grow and through the support of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) the MCOE has begun steps towards a facility expansion project, with the aspiration of delivering more value to our customers and to the Nigerian market from a larger, even better equipped facility with the capacity to deliver an expanded suite of courses to more participants.
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